Patterns Take Shape

               

                 "My life is so unlike what it was then.  I think and feel
so differently it seems to me I must have left my
former body and found another ... "

Harriet Hosser

It seems we are absorbed with our physical growth until we accelerate into gathering knowledge and finally arriving at the stage of applying all that we know.  By the time we begin to apply what we know, we often realize we no longer believe what was once our basic platform.

Flexibility in the physical, mental and spiritual realms assists us in making gentle transitions.  The heavier challenges in life require a greater deal of effort and demand a longer period for adaptation.  We tend to be unaware of changes constantly being made.

During later stages in life, we look back over our long and winding path with amazement.  We may be lifted by the collection of accomplishments and amazed at how long we had been directly impacted by an event.  We are educated once again by observing the pattern taking shape in a life that seemed so scattered.