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ically, they become monsters to fuel the fear we hide behind because ZHGRQ¶WZDQWWRGDQFHZLWKFKDQJH Eventually our authentic values get all enmeshed in the feelings and ideologies knotted into our prejudices. If we value faith, our imaginary HQHPLHVEHFRPHLQ¿GHOV,IZHYDOXHDORYLQJVDFUL¿FHWRIDPLO\WKH\ FRPH WR UHSUHVHQW VHO¿VK GLVFRQQHFWLRQ IURP IDPLO\ WLHV 7KH PRUH we embrace these oppositions, the less we move into community and connection with the world, and the more isolated and cramped our minds and paths become. 1RVWDOJLD DQG ULJKWHRXVQHVV VWL̆ HQ RXU LQWHOOHFWXDO VSLULWXDO DQG HPRWLRQDOMRLQWV:KDWVKRXOGEHXQFRPIRUWDEOH ULJLGLW\DQGIHDU EHFRPHVFRPIRUWLQJ PDNLQJLWIHHOULJKWDQGJRRGWRUHVLVWFKDQJH When we refuse to move into a healthy relationship with change, fear wins. We are easily manipulated by outside forces, groups creating self-serving change while pretending to value stability. Our collective and individual lives are not unlike a ship on a vast sea — if we pretend the waves and wind only move one way, we will found- HUDQGVLQN,IZHUHFRJQL]HWKHZDWHUDQGWKHVKLSDUHRQHFRQVWDQWO\ changing motion, we ride forward through storms and sunshine, im- provising and guiding our journey led by the wind and partnering with the elements. So when our hearts say, “Turn back,” that is just natural hesitation. The key to staying in lotion-y motion is to take a deep breath and move forward, using the energy of fear and doubt to keep us alert, until heartfelt joy and excitement bring connection, learning, and clarity.
Do I contradict myself? Very well then I contradict myself, (I am large, I contain multitudes.) — Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass
The thing is, we are complex and changing people born into a com- plex and changing world. Everyone has many parts, gifts, skills, needs, and ways of being. No one is a single story, ever! That means we have the privilege of being naturally expansive, if we embrace all the parts of ourselves. That means we are naturals at managing change, if we let ourselves. This is where creativity and resilience come into the dance. Consid- er: If you were to invite your past selves, from every decade of your OLIHLQWR\RXUPLQG¶VERDUGURRPZRXOGQ¶W\RXQRWLFHDOOWKHFKDQJ - HV DQG DVSHFWV RI \RXU QDWXUH DURXQG WKDW WDEOH" <RX ZLOO SUREDEO\ DOVRQRWLFHVRPHWKHPHVXQLI\LQJ\RXUH[SHULHQFHV%XWPRVWO\\RX¶OO see yourself in all your changing, learning, growing glory — never the same, but always you. I hope you would appreciate the diversity of your own being over time. I pray you could let yourself feel empowered by the wisdom and VWUHQJWKV RIDOO\RXKDYHEHHQWRSUHSDUH\RXIRUWKHFKRLFHV\RX¶UH IDFLQJQRZ$QG,KRSH\RXZRXOGUHFRJQL]HWKHZLVGRPVNLOOVDQG innate qualities you carry with you because of these multitudes of mo- ments and choices. The nature of our lives is change, adaptation and reinvention. We are, here and now, creativity embodied as a result of all we have been.
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