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We all see things about ourselves, our
relationships, and our world that we want to change. Often, this desire
leads us to take action toward inner work that we need to do or toward
some external goal. Sometimes, without any big announcement or momentous
shift, we wake up to find that change has happened, seemingly without us.
This can feel like a miracle, as we suddenly see that our self-esteem
really does seem to be intact, or our partner actually is helping out
around the house more. We may even wonder whether all of our hard work
had anything to do with it, or if it just happened by way of grace.
As humans, sometimes we have relatively
short attention spans, and we can easily lose track of time. We may worry
about a seedling in a pot with our constant attention, watering it for
several weeks only to find ourselves enjoying the blooms it offers and
wondering when that happened and how we didn’t notice it. Nature, on the
other hand, has infinite patience and stays with a thing all the way
through its life. This doesn’t mean that our efforts play no part in the
miracle of change — they do. It’s just that they are one small part of
the picture that finally results in the flowering of a plant, the
shifting of a relationship, or the softening of our hearts.
The same laws that govern the growth of
plants oversee our own internal and external changes. We observe,
consider, work, and wonder, tilling the soil of our lives, planting
seeds, and tending them. Sometimes the hard part is knowing when to stop
and let go, handing it over to the universe. Usually this happens by way
of distraction or disruption. Our attention is called away to other more
pressing concerns. And it is often at these times, when we are not
looking, in the silence of nature’s embrace, that the miracle of change
happens.
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