dailydatewithgod

It has been said many times that the only constant in life is change.  There are the ones we choose and the ones that seem to happen with or without our choosing.  For something that is a given, it is amazing how resistant we are to change.  I once heard a speaker giving a talk about change and he said it was not the change we are resistant to, it is the transition.  The in between times when the change has not yet taken hold where things feel uncertain is where we get squiggly.  Many of the changes in my life happen as alters.  Alters are like little adjustments which change the shape, texture, and context of an experience of myself and others.  By recognizing the alters of our lives as movements in the direction of our truest selves, we see the gentle hand of God moving within us.  There is something sacred about welcoming and inviting in opportunities to alter ourselves or our experience.  When I see something I want to change, I can approach it by looking for the spaces where my thinking or being can be altered to create something new.  The beauty of change is how it signifying the presence of aliveness.  Choosing to participate in that aliveness despite the fear that comes up is easier to swallow when I see myself participating in alters. By initiating alters I am laying the groundwork for new life through my being.