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The Concept of Change
As we explore new possibilities by stepping through doorways
we are brought face to face with change. On the surface we may
say we are ready for change in our lives. Yet also with change
comes fear. Our minds have invested so much into how we are in
this very moment, so to change brings in an unknown equation.
The mind does not know how the newly changed "me " will
be and will attempt to hold on to what is known even if it no
longer works in our lives and has ceased to nourish us. The entire
world is in a state of change. There are steeping stones to change.
See what stepping stone you may be standing on in regards to certain
areas of you life.
The first Stepping-Stone, Pulling Apart: It is like unraveling
a sweater when the yarn is pulled. In moments like this our lives
seem to be unraveling. The puzzle that was so perfectly put together
no longer looks right. We see where we have forced some of the
pieces to fit in to place. All our energy is involved in keeping
the status quo and it simply becomes too much.
The Second Stepping-Stone, Wanting: Once we understand that life
is asking us to change it becomes important to decide just what
it is we want and also what we are no longer wanting in our lives.
When faced with this sorting out space, sometimes it is easier
to figure out what we do not want, what has to go. From what is
left over it is easier to choose what we want to keep and to bring
to ourselves.
The Third Stepping-Stone, Letting Go: To let go of the things
we no longer want or need sometimes involves pain especially if
we have invested so much energy into being right. Righteousness
can bring pain as we let go of the excess baggage in our lives.
We must also loose being right as well.
The Forth Stepping-Stone, Adjusting: Once we have let go of something
there is a time for us to integrate the change. To settle back
into this new space so that we can begin to feel what we want,
rather than need. Needing something to make us feel complete is
the minds fear of the unknown. Very often if we are not careful
we will bring our needs into our lives in the form of needy people.
If this occurs we are just constructing the same old puzzle again.
We need to take the time to allow ourselves to feel what we really
want.
The Fifth Stepping-Stone, Surrender: We release all the endless
questions and need to know and allow God to send to us what is
truly important in this moment. We enjoy what life brings to us,
rather than trying to make it like we think it should be. We are
more able to see the gift in every moment and love accepting it.
The Sixth Stepping-Stone, In the Swim: We are in the flow of
life rather than trying to swim upstream we are supported where
once it was a struggle. We have released our necessity to control.
We are in fact "out of control." We enjoy the journey
and take in all we experience. We are on our return back to the
center and to God.
The only time we experience pain is when we refuse to learn the
lesson of that particular step or doorway in the journey. When
we get fixed and know how things should have been we will either
want to retreat to the last most comfortable place, or refuse
to go forward. This is called resistance. Our resistance to change
causes pain.
Where in your life are you feeling resistance in pain. Has life
been supporting you to let go and let God? I suggest that you
take the time now to write these feeling of resistance down in
the space below. As you read further in the book you may find
you have the key to let go.
I find I am resistant in regards to:
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