There is a magazine (or maybe it's Craigslist?) that publishes some things overheard. Well this is definitely common these days with people walking around with cell phones attached to hands and ears (or those martian-like ear pieces that make a person appear to be talking to no one)... so this was my overheard piece for the day when I was walking in the Longwood medical area.
I overheard a young woman on her cell phone saying, "I set all these transition points as a time when life would change..."
My interpretation of her tone was that she was surprised that nothing had changed at these points - what were they? (I can only imagine without hearing the other side of the conversation or the full conversation) College graduation? Entering graduate school? Medical school? New job? A move?
I can definitely relate to this sense of imminent change in direction as I made different choices throughout my life. Only to then find that it actually takes a whole lot of time to see the result of this change. So my constant reminder to myself is that life and making decisions and seeing dreams and goals realized actually takes longer than I imagine... which demands a lot of patience on my part! Patience I have to keep practicing in order to actually develop.
I thought your post was leading in another direction. Maybe we're expecting the external forces/"transition points" to create the change when in actually change is only going to come from inside?
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ReplyDeleteThat's a great point and I'm glad you contributed that. I'm always aware that change begins inside - that's what the blog title stemmed from - but just as I missed making that point, I still sometimes get swept up in the external. It's that back and forth that I mentioned in an earlier post where the internal awareness pulls me back to center.
I love the dialogue – thank you. What keeps you centered and presently aware of the internal?