Day 63: From Caterpillar to Butterfly

I am finding it interesting that the more I want to change and am changing, the more people want me to stay the same. I understand that it is their fear of the unknown, and their fear of the potential loss of what currently is that has them afraid of the change…but what if the change is for the better? What if change means more love, more laughter, more fun, more compassion, more respect, more freedom, and more life? Then would you be more willing to let that person undergo their metamorphosis?

Change is one of the hardest things for people to do, it is uncomfortable and can be scary, yet is fundamentally needed to grow and expand. Change is what has us evolve. It is both a death and a rebirth; a loss and a gain. It is about surrendering and letting go to Natural Law. Even the soil upon which the seed is sown cannot stop the seed from breaking free and growing towards the sunlight. So too must I change so that I may grow closer to the sun.

Please don’t get me wrong either. I really LIKE who I am. No…I LOVE who I am. I actually have more love and respect for myself now than I ever have; however I know there is more, much more to me than I am currently being. I KNOW that I am not living my potential, and so it has become my responsibility to seek the truth about me. I also realize that by doing this, I am upsetting the balance that once was. Like a mobile atop a baby crib, each item is in delicate balance to the other…change one thing, and you change everything. Staying the same is easy, do nothing. However to me that equivocates to a long slow death when there is so much to be lived for. The world will change with or without you. Why fight Natural Law when you can work with it?

So to those who are afraid of the changes to come, I am still me…I am just undergoing “renovations”. I am only adding to what is already there. To judge the house before it is complete is like seeing the caterpillar before the butterfly.