I used to be really bad with change. Not the coin stuff. I collect it in a small piggy bank collection.
I mean the life-altering changes… and even not-so-life-altering changes.
These days I’m better with it. I’m giving myself more grace
Right now I feel like there is SO MUCH CHANGE in my life. My pastors (who are also my employers, people I love, kids I have nannied, and people who have walked alongside me through SO MUCH the past 4 years, since I moved back to Portland) are moving on Sunday.
Here’s the thing about change.
In September, Lucy and Layla had me read them a book that Sparrow’s dad gave to them. It’s called Zen Shorts, and it shares three stories that teach Zen principles. One of the stories is basically this guy whose son finds a horse and everyone says “that’s so lucky!” and the guy says “we’ll see.” Then the kid is riding the horse and falls and breaks his legs and everyone is like “that sucks!” and the guy says “we’ll see.” Then there’s a war and the kid doesn’t get drafted because of his broken leg, and everyone’s like “that’s so lucky!” and the guy says “we’ll see.”
Get it?
The only certainty when it comes to change is that it’s inevitable. Part of what happens when we release change from being defined as ‘good’ or ‘bad’ is that we are able to push through things with more ease, because we’re not building higher expectations than necessary, nor are we dreading something that isn’t bad.. just different.
