Jun 25 2009
Our Ever Changing Nature
Another Hawaii report …
This morning I was up before the rest of my crew. The sun had been out for almost 30 minutes. Few people were on the beach.
I did some Qi Gong on the sand. With my feet planted in the sand, the energy was coming from the earth, up my legs and into my body. The energy from the water was filling every cell. My cells are vibrating with energy and my body is relaxed and peaceful.
I so enjoy Hawaii. My sister-in-law laughs every time she hears me say that. “I never would have guessed.”
The rest of the crew is out there soaking up the rays. I’m sitting here enjoying the sound of the wind while drinking in the green of the Pacific. This morning, the water ranged in color from deep blue green to green. Last night, there was purple further out. I write for a few minutes, look up, and the water is different. Every minute the water changes.
The ever changing nature of the water reminds me of the saying by the Greek philosopher Heraclitus: “No man can cross the same river twice, because neither the man nor the river is the same.” A different you goes to sleep each night than the one who woke up that morning.
Most people don’t notice the changes during the ordinariness of the day. If you stopped to reflect before sleeping, and recount what happened during your day, you would notice the barely perceptible changes waiting acknowledgement.
Then there are the nights you know you are different. Something significant occurred. A loved one may have left through death or relationship disruption, or there was an amazing accomplishment, or a new love. You know something changed within you. You will never be the same.
Every morning you have the new opportunity to decide how this new you is going to live. If the change was due to loss, will you allow the loss to diminish you? Or, will you incorporate the knowledge you have gained and become a stronger version of yourself.
If the change was due to joy, how will you integrate the joy into your life?
And, if nothing happened … you lived another day, with new thoughts, even if the thoughts seemed repetitive. You are changed, even minutely, with the supposed sameness of your day.
Remember the movie Groundhog Day? Being trapped in the sameness of the ordinary day enraged him. Finally, he accepted the day and learned from it, allowing the changes to become part of himself.
How do the variances of life change you? Have you noticed?
Until next time …
In Joy!
Dr. Cathy
