Patterns and Tapestries

"Change me Beloved into One who 

embraces my own uniqueness, knowing

You come in countless ways."

Fall is an excellent time to unearth an old journal and open the heart to all that is scrawled across the pages.  The reader discovers parts of themselves they have left behind or mastered to a higher degree.  We swear we don't remember writing the elegant phrases, and amaze ourselves about the things we worried about the most...which never happened.

Each page of the journal reflects a different aspect of our lovely self that may appear to be contradictory, but not at all.  As we go deeper, we become aware of the different patterns we have made while the book as a whole displays our tapestry.

When we are writing our stories, we are aware of the struggles at hand; but when we survey them as our history, we are startled to see the bigger picture.    The old entries have joined together reflecting the uniqueness of our journey.  What once did not make sense is unveiled to be a special passing of time.