Most of us have been conditioned to accept that any change (especially propagated within this day and age) should actually appear as some kind of monumental struggle we must contend against -- a supreme effort that would rely upon an extraordinary will-power that is entirely bent upon moving forward by our own merit and sheer force of will.
Oh, no.
I say: By virtue of its very definition and inception, true change (the wanted kind -- not the trying kind, not the half-hearted kind) insists, as well as requires, a complete and total paradigm shift in outlook, intention, fruition, and future.
Therefore, it is safe to establish that there is not one goal that can't ever be met or sustained, if the desire behind it exists from the absence of emotionally-driven intent -- regardless of intensity, will, heartache, or drive.
We can't pick and choose from the old, based upon comfort levels -- just as we can't pick and choose as to faith upon transitory fears. Truth either is, or it isn't; we believe miracles either happened in the Bible, or they didn't.
Each, either manifest themselves daily within our own humble lives, or we refuse faith and deny hope.
Belief, of itself, is an essential purity of spirit and soul; it seeks meaning, purpose, and direction. It is the antithesis of self-serving, and yet the embodiment of yearning, hope, and sharing.
There is no pre-selection (as if one could decide that truth is as lettuce leaves: some ready, some wilted) to be picked through as the world of social media pares down and denies inherent worth.
Oh, no. Truth demands far more than that.
We can't choose or discard truths of any kind; for we either receive them and believe them, or we're simply not on board.
Truth is not an opinion, and opinion is not truth: one is a sacred relevance; the other possibly unsure arrogance.
And yet -- regardless of either definitions, descriptions, representations, or conditions, isn't fallacy and humanity blessed to enjoy a latitude of education that could, might, and does embrace the searching, haunting, hurting, mindful, asking, and uncertain?!
And isn't uncertainty, the proverbial back-and-forth -- wanting and wishing, fear and denial, faith and future, progress and delay -- actually okay?
Oh, yes. It's more than okay.
Because in such a place we learn and grow, embrace awareness, develop relationships, and humbly receive what's sustaining, so that each sure knowledge of belief then becomes powerfully immutable, impervious to transitory experiences; and therefore joyfully sets forth, as stepping stones upon a backyard path, in earnest growth and grateful potential.
While some might verbalize, advertise, or promote their own perfection -- oh, making all the "right choices" (as Wall Street might support living within less difficulty), it is the life that dwells within the fringes of character, soul, sorrow, experiences, hope, denial, pain -- and a myriad of fearful choices (that might even delay or circumvent forward progress) that completely contributes to sustaining foundations.
Let this settle. Repeat and reread, if necessary.
Consider that the most loving, wholesome, invigorating, and euphoric changes actually springboard from releasing struggle, calendar dates, and any other such time-constricting categorization. Wholeness simply falls into place.
For, truth transcends time. Period. All else remains subject to the rise and fall of circumstances, emotions, reactions, human accounting, and subsequent decisions that may or may not further mortal experiences or vitality.
Belief, alone, is the change. So, I say: Dare to make it happen.
Living Joy - This Carman Girl
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