The delights of change.

'We delight in the beauty of the butterfly,
but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty" ~  Maya Angelou.

Change is a part of life.

A part of living in this beautiful yet broken world.

Change is unavoidable.

Change is wonderful and horrible.

Change can grow us or destroy us.

Change brings beauty as long as we allow it too.

I enjoy change,

 however usually only when I can control it.

When it comes sneaking up behind me and jumps out and says boo

I am not so willing to accept it.

When it comes from way down the road and I have time and opportunity to try and avoid it I am still

 a little wary of it.

There are times when I willingly accept it.

Sometimes change approaches me and I am relieved.

At last I say.

What took you so long?

Changes are a part of my world and a part of human life.

We can buck and avoid and kick and scream as much as we want but change will come.

Change will transform.

What it transforms and how is up to us.

The past few months have been somewhat challenging in our little world.

Changes have been on the horizon

 and we have had to accept them.

 Some of the changes have been unexpected

and we had to accept them just the same.

Looking back over these months

I can see how these changes came about, evolved and enveloped into our daily life. 

During some moments
these changes were not pleasant or inviting.
They were not something we celebrated,
however, they have brought beauty which is welcoming.

As the changes continue to knit their way into our life
the beauty follows.

One particular change came unexpectedly 

and yet it brought so much peace that I was, and still am, overwhelmed.

It involved a decision I had to make.

A decision to put aside a dream for a season.

It was a change that I initiated.

A change I welcomed.

A change that is already bringing beauty and life into our world.

As I delight in the beauty of my life

 I am also endeavouring to delight in the changes that bring this beauty.