“Things do not change; we change.”
– Henry David Thoreau
This is one of the finest lines in life.
That threshold between “the here and now” and where it is you are truly meant to be. And though the distance between the two might be infinitesimal, we can choose to make it an expanse as wide and deep as the Grand Canyon.
All by pursuing a stubborn, prideful and very painful tack. Clinging to the errant wish that things will just change – so we won’t have to.
Trying in vain to make things fit our present situation – rather than finding our true nature and purpose, and then taking command of that circumstance.
Yes, it is truly a fine line that separates us from folly and fulfillment.
Arbitrarily regarding it as an insurmountable obstacle keeps us forever on this side. But seeing it for what it truly is – a pathway – always takes us where we want to go.
Towards postive, lasting change.
...my temporary assignment. 