Today at a divisional meeting of the organization which employs me, my supervisor announced some reorganization of our workgroups. Hoping to reassure us she said, "And this won't change"—but then she
added, "until it does." Doesn't this confirm what people in general believe: There is nothing as certain as change!
Changes are happening in our lives all the time, so gradually that we don't even pay attention on an everyday basis. We are aging just a little bit at a time, we are adjusting to a new family member or the loss of an older one, or we are challenged to learn a new job or leisure skill. It sometimes happens that all of a sudden we realize a great change has taken place almost without our being aware. "I'm nearly retirement age!" we marvel, or "I can't believe Grandma G has been gone a year," or "I thought I would never learn this, but it's simple now." We usually can accept this kind of change as being part of life. Living things change.
Often we find it harder to deal with the changes that come suddenly, with little or no prior warning. They may be quite small, really, but they upset our routine, require us to redirect our energies, and tax our composure. A detour requires us to change our usual route while a road is being repaired. A change in office or workstation means adjusting to other surroundings and perhaps other employees. The church's small group of which we are a member begins to meet at a different time. We break a finger or a tooth, pay more for postage stamps, or someone rearranges the furniture. Can we accept these too as being part of life? Facing these changes with equanimity helps us grow into the kind of persons who can face the greater challenges.
"Change and decay in all around I see; O Thou who changest not, abide with me!" ("Abide with Me," Henry F. Lyte, 1847)
added, "until it does." Doesn't this confirm what people in general believe: There is nothing as certain as change!Changes are happening in our lives all the time, so gradually that we don't even pay attention on an everyday basis. We are aging just a little bit at a time, we are adjusting to a new family member or the loss of an older one, or we are challenged to learn a new job or leisure skill. It sometimes happens that all of a sudden we realize a great change has taken place almost without our being aware. "I'm nearly retirement age!" we marvel, or "I can't believe Grandma G has been gone a year," or "I thought I would never learn this, but it's simple now." We usually can accept this kind of change as being part of life. Living things change.
Often we find it harder to deal with the changes that come suddenly, with little or no prior warning. They may be quite small, really, but they upset our routine, require us to redirect our energies, and tax our composure. A detour requires us to change our usual route while a road is being repaired. A change in office or workstation means adjusting to other surroundings and perhaps other employees. The church's small group of which we are a member begins to meet at a different time. We break a finger or a tooth, pay more for postage stamps, or someone rearranges the furniture. Can we accept these too as being part of life? Facing these changes with equanimity helps us grow into the kind of persons who can face the greater challenges.
"Change and decay in all around I see; O Thou who changest not, abide with me!" ("Abide with Me," Henry F. Lyte, 1847)
MaryMartha
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