J'ai Claqué La Porte
I've attached another song for this entry. I only expect those of the French speaking sort to understand its lyrics as the whole thing is sung in French. Its by a French Canadian duo called Chromeo. However, as with the rest of my entries that include a song, I recommend listening to this song while reading this and if you would like to continue to waste time or are truly that interested, look up the lyrics and copy/paste them into google translate to get an idea of what the song means. Its actually pretty good. I only share the good stuff.
Actually the title of my entry for today comes from another song titled Amy's Song by Joshua Radin, another song worth looking up. But the basis of my writing today has nothing to do with music despite the fact that I've experienced a rather remarkable musical day in multiple ways. (If you happen to finish listening to J'ai Claqué la Porte before reaching the end of this, go ahead and look up Amy's Song (: Go ahead do yourself a favor.)
No, the foundation of today's thought is change. Granted, not remotely an original idea, but I hope to bring some new insight to the subject. I was doing some reading earlier while at church, listening to those who were speaking, absorbing the feelings that were there, and allowing myself to venture into deep thought. One of the things I lighted upon while reading was the concept that everything is constantly in a state of change. We are ever adapting to new things around us. Whether that be a new person in our life, a new purchase, or a new decision in our life, it requires an adjustment. It seems that as soon as we find ourselves getting comfortable with a certain way of living or with our current situation, life slaps us in the face and that's when our work is really cut out for us. We have to start over from scratch at the point where we hate either who we are, where we are, or both and need to learn all over again to some degree who we are and what makes us worthwhile until we find joy within ourselves again. However, so often we hear "I hate change" and see those around us try to avoid it at all costs. I admit I have been guilty of this more than once in my life and every time I attempted to run away from change I was never the better. If anything I discovered I was worse off than before.
But let's add another piece to the puzzle. Change is not something that comes if we wait for it. Its like time. When we wish it to go faster, the slower it goes and the slower we want it, the quicker it seems to slip from our grasps. If we desire change to come but don't actively do anything on our part, we'll be sitting around waiting for a good while. On the flip side of the equation, if we are so scared of change and never wish for it to enter into our perfect little world, that's all we'll experience. But if we embrace it and are willing to adapt with change as it comes, we can progress with each adventure. Because no matter if change comes in the form of a new person in our life, or a new purchase, or a new life decision, someone has made a choice of some kind that led up to the situation that in turn changed your life. And the decisions you make will in some way end up changing someone else's life in some small way. Another vicious cycle...I love how the Lord and His plan works. So how about we all work together with those we care about and strive to let go of the things we no longer need in our lives? Let's lose the negative and embrace the positive. Let's face change and run towards it with arms wide open, optimistic for the chance to progress and shape ourselves into newly formed and better versions of us. So that when we look back on who we used to be we can say, "Wow, I've changed a lot" without any shame but finally with the pride we've always desired.
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