Change

                                   "When it comes to change there are only two choices:

                            You can choose to change or choose to let change happen to you."

     A friend and I were discussing the change of seasons today. She was telling me about her 4-year old daughter's questions about the changing leaves. My friend explained that autumn didn't begin until September so it wasn't "really" fall yet but the brilliant child begged to differ! She looked around and saw all the trees around her changing color, placed her hands defiantly on her hips and said "I think fall-time is here now!"

     Change is a funny thing. It happens all around us whether we notice it or not. We can make it happen but the process is gradual, like summer turning to fall, and we don't like to be in process so we struggle against it. But change will happen even if you choose not to change at all. Change just IS.

     The real challenge is to know the seasons and how they change. To do this we must be able to observe the information in front of us, without skews of fear or attachment, and discern if it's appropriate to wear Bermuda shorts or ice skates. Observe your changing seasons and prepare yourself for the next phase of your life because the winds of change are upon us. The world is changing and we will be changing right along with her. We can choose to change or we can choose to let change happen to us. The choice is, and always has been, ours.