I can remember a time in my life when things were all or nothing. I'd plan a big change and it would work out, or it would be abandoned. Life never really worked out that way, but that was the way I approached it.
These days I have come to recognize the seasons of things. Rather than forcing all things into being or extinction, I find that I am getting better at noticing the shifts of things. When to push forward, when to back off.
Appropriately enough, the this shift came gradually. Learning to let things rest, to just be what they are until they need to be something else, is a developed skill for me. It is not an easy thing. It can be very difficult to not burst in and start projecting myself on a reality that does not fit my perception. It also takes a lot of attention to make sure this does not just become passivity.
Vague enough? Sorry. That's the way it feels right now. The winds are changing, or maybe it's just a gust. We'll see.
