the argument against change.

it’s too hard.

there. plain + simple. change is just too hard. it’s too overwhelming. it takes too much time. it’s terribly uncomfortable. it’s scary. it’s unknown. it’s embarrassing. it’s exhausting. it’s unpredictable. + Truth be told— change just stirs everything up + makes a big, huge mess.

so there, there, my sweet little excuse-making Friend. it’s okay. just stay the way you are even though it’s destroying you. keep your demons close by. hold dear those toxic-but-oh-so-familiar habits, mindsets, + beliefs. don’t go rocking any boats. squeeze those eyes shut + pretend that the Plain Truth isn’t right there in front of your face, inviting you to step up + receive the Abundant Life.

no, no. it’s okay. stay angry. stay loud. stay offended. stay selfish. stay greedy. stay fat. stay lazy. stay winded. stay ignorant. stay comfortable. stay hidden. stay convinced you’ve been right all along. by all means— stay delusional. just as long as you stay.

i’d hate to think that in a year from now, you could be Living your Dreams.

gosh. that would just be so devastating.

. . .

i absorbed this line yesterday—

“motion causes friction.”

— in a discussion about the radical + rapid changes that are currently transpiring in the federal government of the United States of America. + y’all— prepare to unfollow me now, but i am on the front row cheering THE LOUDEST for the effective dismantling of this bloated, archaic, toxic system that has just-about completely destroyed our nation over the last 40 (or more) years, just on the extremely perditious sly— slowly boiling the Individual’s Protected Right to Dream + Do + Change + Have to absolute death by clicking up the heat just a little at a time while they lie straight to our faces that they just want us all to be equal + get along.

i promise this blog isn’t about politics— but y’all. that line hit hard.

+ as those words bounced around the inner pinball machine of my mind— i was moved to write to you about the Reality of Tremendous Discomfort when Change is Initiated. as in, a scientific guarantee. testable. provable. not based on feelings. legitimate data, y’all.

change is painful, indeed.

. . .

i can speak to such things because i know Change intimately. she is a beloved Life Coach of mine + has been for many years. she challenges me constantly. she questions literally everything i think, say, + do. she asks the tough questions that NO ONE else has the guts to ask— + she forces me to work through the answers until i settle on the bedrock of Truth. not the made-up feel-good fantasy answers of lalaland i sometimes want to believe because they just feel happier + easier to digest. Change, she points out all of my flaws + short-comings + wrong ideals + then stirs the fire even hotter by demanding: “now what are you gonna do about it? what’s your plan?”

sometimes i cry when i see her coming, though— this dear Friend of mine, Change. because i’m not ready for upheaval. for friction. for pain.

sometimes i welcome her with open arms. because i know that if i don’t embrace her + listen— i’ll die.

but always always always— i remain grateful that Change cares enough to not let me stay in the spaces designed to kill.

i may not like her tone, but gosh— i need her tough Love more than anyone i know.

stubborn ol’ mule, i be.

. . .

Spring beckons from just around the cosmological bend. i hear her excited whispers of Birth imminent. i feel her energy coursing through my cells, as Winter wraps up his sleepy nap + stretches out to get the blood pumping again.

all of Creation prepares for verdant Life. Abundant Life.

. . .

+ you are invited, too, my sweet Friend— to stretch out. to awaken. to open your eyes. to prepare for the Beauty that awaits you.

harness this season of New Life that’s bursting at the seams, just below the surface of that which is seen. step into The Realm that is centered on that which is lovely + patient + Good. become an ardent believer + practitioner of Truth-Freedom. even if it goes against the grain of popularity.

let go of all of the junk lies they’ve been feeding you for as long as you can remember about health + God + justice + Love + money + all of the things we think we know everything about, but really don’t have a clue. i know. they made you feel like you were really being good by believing them + following their way. that’s what evil do.

clear your mind of resentment + offense + use that space, instead, to Dream Big Dreams + make them come true.

we only get so much energy in a day, in a Life— to do with what we will. otherwise known as, free will. you are free to think + do + be what you will.

so what would it look like if you used your energy to create? to inspire? to encourage? to repair? to clean up? even if it isn’t your mess? to forgive? to mend? to lead by example? to take responsibility for your own Life AND the effect YOU, my Powerful Friend, have on the people around you?

. . .

like a spa day for the soul. but everyday. ad infinitum.

. . .

i Love you. + i mean it.