Embracing
Life brings us many changes. And as we mature some of these changes seem unfair and intolerable. Or do we need to take another look and maybe see these from another perspective.
Having just passed another of those life changing milestones, my thoughts have begun to ponder this.
There is so much fear surrounding changes in the life path. So much of this is unwarranted. Growing into adolescence fro childhood… will I pretty? Will I be handsome? Will I be liked for me? Or will I have to become what others want me to be? Entering a new relationship, romantic, business, or otherwise… is this the right one? Will I be happy? Will it be profitable? Will we stay together? What comes next?
If it is a romantic relationship, you may then move into creating a family, which creates its new set of fears. What about that new job and the fear of loosing it or beginning something new.
The list goes on and on.
As we progress through the years the stress associated with each new borage of changes begins to take its toll on us mentally and physically. And then the sense of defeat. And more questions. What have I accomplished? What have I given to myself and others? Has it all been worth it?
What happens if we begin to embrace the changes? Looking at each ending as the beginning of something new and exciting. Even start to look forward to the changes before they are completely upon us.
Imagine loving being eighteen and in a blink of an eye you are now twenty-five. What have you lost… your youth? But youth is part of living and is only a phase of who you are. You are still you, but now you have experiences which have made you more than when you were eighteen.
Imagine getting pregnant. Does this ruin your life or only create a new direction for your life path? Will it make you more than you are now?
Imagine being a wife or husband and not seeing beyond that , until one fated day when your spouse leaves you high and dry for another or has passed away due to an accident or illness. In that moment , all your thoughts are filled with the fear of… What comes next? How will I survive? Will I make it? And every other thought which is fear based. You are still you.
And then there is the fear of growing old and retiring from your life work ( or was it?) Again the questions… What’s next? What am I going to do now?
You are still you!!! Only the circumstances around you have changed. Why worry so much about the things you cannot change?
Embrace yourself! Love who, you are right now! Allow some time for grieving what is past, then gently and as soon as possible embrace the new which moving toward you. Do not be blinded by the past for the infinite potentials which lie before you.
There are some who do not move past the good old days when they were in high school, or those who believe that the old country is so much better because it is still the same. Time does not stand still. These individuals miss the opportunities which the present brings and they miss the joys that accompany them.
And the husband or wife who has moved on. Had you feared them leaving all along? Had you really loved them and appreciated their gift to you when they were with you? Honor them by remembering them and letting them go. Their path is now separate from you and you have your own path.
And those that were taken by an accident or illness, have you embraced their special gifts to you? Those departed souls who try and communicate with us through our thoughts and dreams and more – have you embraced and acknowledged that they are still with you on some level?
Each closing experience brings new and further reaching experiences in this journey called life. And when we reach the pinnacle of each milestone, know it is not the end, but the beginning of yet another new adventure.
Rejoice in the knowing you have lived each one to the fullest by embracing who you were during each one. Be filled with the expectation there is always more.
Embrace each moment!
Imagine each hour being filled with wonders and excitement.
Allow the magic.
Love who you are right now.
Forgive who you thought you were expected to be.
Look forward in anticipation for who you are going to be.
And Embrace all of it.
This is your life’s purpose!
© 2006 Hanne
Csanyi
This article appeared in
Heartbeat Winter 2007.
Through meditation and divination one can open up awareness to other realms of existence within and without of oneself – a journey which may ultimately lead one to enlightenment.
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