Hey people!!!

I haven’t written in a while because I have been working on my project with oppression. But I am here today to talk about a topic I have been wanting to write about for some time now. Today I am going to talk about change as it relates to our growth and evolution as souls in human form. We are always changing and growing; we can take a lesson from the natural world that nothing ever stays the same. The seasons change; yet they are all necessary in the grand scheme of things.

Why do we change? Why can’t we just stay the same? Yes, this would be easier. It would also definitely be a lot more comfortable, but it would also be a lot less fun and fulfilling. Of course, if you really wanted to stubbornly stay the same person for your whole life; cultivating the same habits and personality you could. But that is not why we are here. We are here to grow and evolve into the people that we are meant to be. Every waking moment is a chance for us to grow and become more aligned with our values and our calling. How cool is that?!

We all have experiences that shape us. We have families, relationships, systems we engage in, art that provokes us and makes us break open into new realizations. We take all of these in and this assembles how we view our reality. We are always moving and learning and taking in new world-views, thoughts, and ideas that make-up how we see our world. Each moment we can choose to view the these new ideas and perceptions through our old lenses or ways of being. OR we can choose to view them in a whole new way. Life is all about how we see. You can have the same situation and you can choose to see this situation in so many different ways. This will shape your life. It will shape your present moment, how you react to experiences, how you treat others, and how you treat yourself. This is very important to consider. We ourselves truly have the power to make our life what we want it to be. Yes, a lot of the time we have no control over external events. But we do have the choice with how we choose to view this event.

You can say “why is this happing to me?” or you can say, “what is this showing me?” “what can I learn from this”? Perhaps think about a situation in your life and try asking these questions in relation to your situation. Notice how you feel when asking these questions. Notice how this changes from question to question and how you look at the situation from the various perspectives of the questions being asked.

When you choose to engage with the same situations in new ways you will begin to slowly unfold into a new being. I think this is all the point of existence. We are all in the great school of life and we are here to have fun and to also learn from ourselves and from others. If I am not constantly challenging my world-views and ideas than what am I doing? I cannot possibly know everything, and besides, everything there is to know is always changing. Just look at science, at one point we believed in a Newtonian Universe and now we are experiencing a shift into a quantum one! Amazing! What will happen next for us? We cannot possibly know.

Yes change is scary and difficult. We attach ourselves fully to our identity. To our career, jobs, and relationships. Now stop and think. “Who am I without all of these things?” Who are you without all of the external labels that you associate yourself with? All of these things will leave you eventually. In death, we cannot bring any of these things with us. All we can bring is who we are, underneath all of the things that we think make up who we are.

I painted a sign recently that reads, “who am i?” I plan to post it above my door in hopes that when I walk through my door each day I am constantly asking myself “who am I?” Because the me that I am is always changing each and every day.

I hope you guys are having a splendid weekend. Feel free to comment and message me with any insights and questions.

Love,

Rylee