The winds of change . . .

"You can avoid having ulcers adapting to the situation;

If you fall in a mud puddle, check your pockets for fish."

-Unknown Author

It's hard to believe that its been three weeks since I've been in this space.

sigh . . .

I've spent the last few days on my front porch, from sun up to sun down...being still

and thinking, and observing.

and you know the one thing, that one reoccurring theme I see in nature more than

anything else is . . . change.

Flower buds open to reveal their inside beauty.

Wind, water and sand erode rocks to reveal colors 

and interesting patterns within those rocks.

Our Seasons change, the clouds are ever-changing.

Rivers, streams and shorelines are constantly carving

new boundaries, new paths.

And so is life.

{newly born polydamas swallowtail caterpillars}

Change can be hard, but it's also inevitable.

Nothing. Stays. The. Same.

Sometimes the changes are subtle, 

{the same caterpillar, nearly three weeks later}

and sometimes they are big,

and swift,

and sometimes they are just difficult.

"It is not necessary to change.

Survival is not mandatory."

- W. Edwards Deming

{KK Oh My}

But change can give us new eyes, new perspective.

Change can put us in circumstances that makes us more compassionate

and can give us the ability to have more empathy towards others.

...if we allow it

Change, just like the light,

is the reality that nothing stays the same,

but is always evolving. 

{KK 1101}

I'm thankful I'm not a spider . . . his reality? He has to change his residence daily.

Change is to become something different, to become something else.

We embrace change through our lens, we even welcome it. 

In nature things are constantly changing, proving 

 that change is growth, and growth . . . is evidence of life.

For me change can be an awakening to what "now" looks like

when I'm not fighting it. To try to embrace where I'm at because it

won't happen the same exact way again.

 The hardest change though is perhaps that which we do not choose for ourselves,

but just maybe it's the place of biggest growth . . . when we learn to accept it. 

Right about now, I'm double checking my pockets for fish!!

{I did get back last week but my son ended up in the hospital with a staff infection.

He had to have an abscess drained by a plastic surgeon and was on IV antibiotics.

We fell into a bit of a mud puddle.}

So, If I'm not back at the end of the week it's because we have follow up doctor visits

and his infusion.

Until next time,

Love, Kim

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