All That Seems Random Fridays # 19 | Shaken and Stirred

Wow, it's Friday again which means it's time for All That Seems Random Fridays, where we share how aware (or not) we are of the events, people and opportunities the universe has presented to us based on our focus and desires. Because we need to CELEBRATE them.

So this week has seen the faith of friends tested, flood waters rise and begin to recede locally, the fall equinox, my own clarity and confusion. It's been a wild ride. My heart goes out to those families dealing with the uninsured aftermath of rising waters and illness and changes.

Everything really can change in an instant, which is exactly why I'm grateful for awareness and NOW. I also realize I have much more work to do to stay in the now. It's hard in the now. I want to look to a brighter future. I want to be in that brighter future, not in the now.

Mostly, I want to know for certain that change will be good, useful and painless.

Yet what change is ever really painless? We do however get to decide, let one thing go, making space for another, or struggle to keep both and lose them in an instant anyway. We mourn the loss and get mired in it or keep living in the now, allowing the mourning to happen, whenever it happens, for as long as it happens.

Until it eases on it's own or we become lost and ask for a helping hand, some gentle direction. Either way, we decide.

How we handle the change, because show up it will, whether we like it, fight it, want it or not, is what helps make us stronger. It's what gives us our power and reveals our true colors both to ourselves and the world. Still, through it all we get to decide.

While I believe in the power of positivity, I also believe in the power of negative emotions and allowing them to be instead of trying to stuff them into some positive affirmation.

The leaves fall, so new leaves can blossom, so the roots of the tree have time to rejuvenate and grow to help nourish those new leaves. The fallen leaves decay and become food, shelter and nourishment for the very same roots that helped them become in the first place.

I'm not certain, where any of this goes. I know what I want. I know I won't always get it. I know change happens, whether I like it, fight it, want it or not. I want to be a stronger person.

What do you want to be?

As for notes found on the desk this week:

• So what do you expect of yourself?
• Imagined pains have the most power.
• "Not perfection, just progress." ~ Rose Cole ~ from "Click & Get Rich" by Maritza Parra
• "Like it or not, you have to choose...You might as well know that you're choosing, and why. You will be surprised at how much simpler and easier life gets when you choose consciously." from "Need To Know" by Paul Myers, publisher of Talk Biz News - one of the best infrequently sent e-zines I've subscribed to for online success.

That's it for me, what random events, people and opportunities are showing up in your life, that aren't really random at all?

Photo Credit: Image from the Fall Foliage Set 2009 by Swimmor31 on Flickr.
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LaShae