Moving Through Change: Master Chaos With Creativity BY CAROL BURBANK MIND-BODY-SPIRIT You cannot change what you are, only what you do. ― Philip Pullman, The Golden Compass So many truisms remind us that change, inevitable and constant, UHTXLUHVDFWLRQ,W¶VDZRQGHUZHDUHVRUHVLVWDQWWRPRYLQJIRUZDUG ZKHQZHFRPHIDFHWRIDFHZLWKWUDQVIRUPLQJVLWXDWLRQV0\IDYRULWH advice comes from my Yoga instructor: As we age, if we want to stay limber, we need to keep moving, because “motion is lotion!” 0RWLRQLVORWLRQHYHU\ZKHUHQRWMXVWLQRXUERGLHV ł $VFLWL]HQVZHKDYHWRNHHSRXUPLQGVDQGKHDUWVDJLOHPDN - LQJ VXUH ZH¶UH LQIRUPHG VWUDWHJL]LQJ DQG WDNLQJ FRQVLVWHQW action to make our voices heard, to keep things moving in the right direction. ł $V D ZULWHU , NQRZ WKDW LI ,¶P JRLQJ WR FRPSOHWH D SDVVLRQ project, I have to commit to moving through experiments, drafts, and even the process of sending it out to be published! ł As parents, teachers, coaches and mentors, we know children, continuously learning and growing, need us to keep learning and growing as well, moving together in a loving relationship. ,W¶VDGDQFHLVQ¶WLWPDQDJLQJFKDQJH"6RPHWLPHVWKHQHFHVVDU\LP - SURYLVDWLRQLVFOXPV\DQGDWRWKHUWLPHVLWIHHOVH̆ RUWOHVVDQGIUHH :HNQRZWKHQH[WVWHS ZHGRQ¶WNQRZZKDWWRFKRRVH:HVHHDZD\ forward; we lose the path. We rise gracefully to meet the wave; we dive desperately under the surface to survive. What I know in my bones, though, is that change asks us to join with WKHPRPHQWLQZKLFKZH¿QGRXUVHOYHVJHWWLQJFUHDWLYHVRZHFDQVWD\ LQWKHÀRZ6FDU\H[FLWLQJWUDQVIRUPDWLYHDQGQHFHVVDU\WKHGDQFH is life itself calling us to be present and accounted for! I have accepted fear as part of life – specifically the fear of change … I have gone ahead despite the pounding in the heart that says: turn back. … — Erica Jong (YHU\RQH¶V FRPIRUW ZLWK ULVN LV GL̆ HUHQW WKHUHIRUH RXU IHDUV DUH RIWHQYHU\GL̆ HUHQW%XWHYHU\RQHJHWVVFDUHGDERXWFKDQJHDQGZH each must face those fears as we move forward — or risk stagnating in nostalgia and regret. Often, the very thing we are resisting is at the heart of the call to adventure that leads us forward. In almost every case, our vigorous “NO!” reveals an invigorating “YES!” that helps us overcome our very human reluctance to take a risk. <RX¶OONQRZWKHGL̆ HUHQFHEHWZHHQDFRXUDJHRXVFDOOIRUZDUGDQG DVPDOOFDOOWRFRQIRUPLW\EHFDXVH\RX¶OOIHHOLWLQ\RXUERG\%H\RQG UHDOWKUHDWVWKDWGHPDQGD³¿JKWRUÀLJKW´UHDFWLRQPRVWRIRXUFKRLF - HVUHTXLUHERWKGLVFHUQPHQWDQGEUDYHU\,IZHIHHOWRRVDIHWKHUH¶VDQ H[FHOOHQWFKDQFHZH¶UHDYRLGLQJFKDQJHZKLFKPHDQVZHDUHVWD\LQJ small instead of stepping up to possibility. If fear is woven with excite- PHQWWKHQWKHUH¶VHQHUJ\WRPRYH\RXIRUZDUG One place where fear often keeps us prisoner is prejudice. We judge DQGFDWHJRUL]HZKDWZHIHDUDVDZD\WRDYRLGJURZLQJ<RX¶OONQRZ you are stuck in judgment when you apply a single story to an indi- vidual or a whole group of people, refusing to see them as people with multiple stories and experiences. Reduced to a single story, others easily become scapegoated as the source of danger or contagion. Iron-
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