Journey of Change

At an odd [again] what to post about, I thought I’d sleep on it—and hope some little kernel of insight/wisdom would reveal itself that I could share. That didn’t happen.

Over mega-size coffee cup #2 this morning, I thought of the episode of The Big Bang Theory I saw yesterday, the one where Sheldon had for the umpteenth time moaned and groaned about change. He, like many, has difficulty coping with it.

Yet by defying change and trying not to allow it to happen, by willfully not doing something not normally done, we’re inviting it.

Change may embrace new processes and approaches, people and locations, physical and mental adjustments. Any one of them could prove daunting, even frightening. Even if we’re not crazy about our life entails, we’re accustomed to it; we know what to expect. And that in and of itself is, well, soothing.

It being that time of year, and having already considered all that had transpired, it seemed appropriate again to visit how things have, yep, changed … transformed, improved, progressed … stagnated.

No more mom-care. No more anguish/anger/despair. Day job still exists. Writing and editing on-going. Routine’s fairly predictable. Change within no change.

We may be able to control some things, but not all. And we may not necessarily embrace what life has thrown our way, but we have to deal with it … or change it. And that can take [a lot of] strength and determination. Something we all possess, but need to claim, embrace and apply.

Motto for 2024: enfold change along the journey of life, and never fear it.