As I journey through life, some truths have become apparent. Life is a turn of hills and mountains, sprinkled with valleys and meadows of beauty. Traversing through the years of childhood through to adulthood the constant which always remained was Change.
The younger years brought the development from the complete dependence to ones parents while being a toddler, to being able to independently walk, eat, play, and then attend school. Further, the transitions from elementary to middle, to high school brought more change. The mysteries of each new school year held many queries and uncertainties about friends and teachers, but also ones confidence and abilities to achieve and meet expectations.
University brought its own set of challenges and transitions. Concerns of who to become. What path to take on this quest for knowledge? What do I want to do for the rest of my life? These years brought growth and understanding of myself. Learning my desires and dislikes, developed an awareness of my passions to help and serve others, providing me peace and satisfaction.
The adjustment to the real world, providing my services in a health profession, assessed my passion to educate others towards greater health. Our body is an extraordinary temple of intricate connections, pathways, and elaborate reactions sufficient to independently function and self-heal. Sifting through research, professional opinions, and personal experiences matured my understanding of the potential capabilities of this remarkable machine.
Subsequently, the stage of life approached to come outside of myself and bind with another soul on this voyage of life. Marriage brought joys and a true test of character in amalgamating my views and lifestyle with that of my spouse. Advocating each other’s beliefs and values, this we call compromise. The becoming of one unit with a common goal: Happiness.
Motherhood took family devotion to a higher level of compassion. One that I had never experienced prior to this. To emanate life from my own existence is empowering to say the least. Fulfilling the needs of yet another soul on this same journey where I once started out. To guide and teach, model, and inspire this little being to appreciate the explorations of this world. Assisting them on this passage in which I am still also learning. Learning to be a mother, a nurturer, and educator. Generating experiences to nourish the spiritual and mental growth while still maintaining my integrity and self-existence.
Each milestone, brings joy and happiness, yet a gentle sorrow of parting farewell to the present, while graciously welcoming the future with open arms and an open mind. For as they say “yesterday is the past, tomorrow is the future, but today is a gift. That’s why it’s called the present.” However, through viewing life through the eyes of a child, I have come to understand that they are all one thing.
Certainly, change will come as it always has. It’s how we embrace it into our lives that shows our true moral character. Gratitude fosters appreciation. So Life, deliver the next change my way. I await the beauty that lies ahead. Is it a valley or is it a meadow? Only time will tell.
