Winds of Change

“The winds of change whisper in my ear,

 ‘C’mon,’ they say as they tickle my skin and ignite my senses . . .

‘It’ll be FUN!’”

Every time change shows up, it throws me for a bit of a loop. Not because change itself is bad, but because somewhere along the way I wired “change” to mean “something is finished.” And when there are too many things that aren’t finished, my brain jumps straight into anxiety and overwhelm.

I’m the kind of person who buys an appliance and genuinely believes it should last forever. I check it off my list and consider it done.  Then it breaks—because of course it does—and suddenly it’s back on the list again - Ugh.

I’ve noticed I think the same way about my website. I’ve “finished” it at least four times… and then changed it another dozen.  I’m sure I will change it a dozen more as my vision evolves and grows.  Seems daunting when I think about it.  It can feel like everything I have completed was a mistake that I had to do over.  I see now, that is not true, and I am finally coming to terms with the idea that things aren’t supposed to stay finished.

• Life evolves.

• We evolve

• Creation evolves.

When I look at each new change as part of growing something I care about—suddenly it becomes fun again. It becomes play. It becomes possibility.  I live my life as if what I want already is, and my days are exciting and filled with magical adventures.

Some people call that “living in a fantasy world”.  Fantasy meaning, “too GOOD to be true”.  Fantasy also means that it is not real.  But what if the real fantasy (the thing that is not real) is the idea that life is supposed to be miserable, boring, stressful, and one endless to-do list?

Reframe it, and life becomes a grand adventure. Things shift, grow, transform—and we have the power to shape them however we choose. It’s always been this way. Most of us just don’t see it because we’re still living with the idea that life is difficult – then we die.

Maybe the winds of change have been right all along. Maybe the invitation isn’t to brace ourselves, but to loosen our grip. To stop treating life like a checklist and start seeing it as a living creation that grows with us.

• When we let go of the idea of “finished,” everything opens.

• Change stops feeling like failure and starts feeling like expansion.

• Life becomes less about surviving the to-do list and more about enjoying the adventure.

So if the winds of change whisper to you, lean in.
Shifting isn’t a setback—it’s growth.
And the adventure gets a whole lot more magical the moment we say yes.

May you Find Your ShiNe and spread your light wherever you go.

Drift over to my homepage — www.thebalanceofbeing.com —and step into what’s possible.

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