I find that change becomes more and more comfortable as I grow into being.........
And I cannot complete that sentence for I am not yet completely being anything. Each time, each moment when I shout,
"Aha! I am a Reverend, or Yes! I am a singer, or Oh, I am simply here to support others." None of these
are completely and forever true and unchanging.
Just as we are all parts of God being Creation, so are the ideas
of myself parts of the Co-creation of this Being that is called Carol, Rev. Carol, Cala, CC Loving, and .............
Perhaps this poetry will enhance this contemplation with an image to also contemplate.
Ripples On A Pond
From a Retreat 09-12-94 (Edited 01-05-09)
The pond is
brilliant with ripples moving steadily
on their journey across to the other side.
I find it is quite impossible
to follow a single ripple
All the way from this side to the other.
Because every ripple becomes the one it –
Follows, Again,
again, again and again
I contemplate these beautiful, lively, ripples and
See each as just one moment of this life within Life
And just as
I cannot follow a ripple across the pond
I cannot know how I shall reach the other side, or when
Because each ripple has no past,
and no future,
only its one precious, brilliant, moment of being.
Thank you, my lovely, lovely, pond for teaching
That life is only as brilliant
as the current moment.
