I have this memory from childhood, about the first cold autumn day after summer. I’d walk out into my grandparents magical garden and there I’d find flowers drying to various shades of dusty green, grey, sepia, and dark crunchy brown. I loved touching these flowers. With the tip of my fingers I could explore so many different textures.
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While breathing in the chilly Scandinavian air, I realized that summer had ended. Change was coming. And then suddenly, in the back of the garden behind the English roses I spotted there to be ONE last flower still full of color and summer warmth. It was a delicate pink flower standing tall and proud.
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This flower wasn’t afraid of the season changing. It wasn’t sad that summer ended. It just stood there shining like a star with no worries at all. For a moment I felt the strength of this flower entering my soul.
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For the first time in my life I understood that being sensitive and fragile doesn’t mean that you are weak or that you easily break when life is changing. Sensitivity isn’t weakness; it’s a superpower, it helps you feel every single moment intensely and passionately. And for that I’m forever grateful🙏🏻
Author: Christina Greve
Cake & Other Stories
I’ve been through some big changes in my life and I’ve learned two important things:
1. Change is unavoidable. If you fight it you will suffer.
2. Going through change makes you stronger. The bigger the change the bigger the payoff; the more you’ll learn, grow and understand about life.
Change is scary. Change challenge us to try new things, think about new ideas, do things in new ways, and be a new person. Your comfort zone may be safe but it’s not a place for growth. To experience new adventures we must step out of our comfort zone. Dipp our toes into unknown territory and take a chance with uncertainty.
Sometimes change is unavoidable and hurtful. When it happens your best option is to accept your new reality as soon as possible. If you fight it you will suffer. Fighting change is painful and depressing. It will eat up your energy and leave you bitter. To take back your power; readjust your thinking, readjust your actions and accept the new.
Make a pact with yourself never to let fear of change define you! You are stronger than that. Whatever awaits you; you can get through it. Instead of fighting fear of uncertainty take a leap of faith and welcome the unknown like you would welcome a new friend.
Just like we can’t stop a storm, we can’t stop our lives from changing. When the storm is passing we can choose to hate it, cry about it and get depressed. Or we can decide to accept the situation and make the best of it. How you choose to react to change will affect your future, so react with an open heart❤️
Allow Yourself To Rest In Stillness
To make the most of time, lose track of it. Life unfolds in the present. But so often, we let the present slip away, allowing time to rush past unobserved and unseen. When we’re at work, we fantasize about being on vacation; on vacation, we worry about the work piling up on our desks.
We dwell on the past or fret about what may or may not happen in the future. In order to feel more in control of your mind, your life, and to find the sense of balance, you need to pause, and allow yourself to rest in stillness.
We need to live more in the moment cultivating a nonjudgmental awareness of the present. Focusing on the present moment also forces you to stop overthinking. Instead of getting stuck in your head and worrying, you get to connect with your body and soul.
Living in the moment makes you happier – why? Because most negative thoughts concern the past or the future. You can become present at any moment just by paying attention to your immediate experience. You can do it right now. Become aware of being alive. Focus on NOW. Focus on your breathing and you’re already there.