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"What the caterpillar calls the end of the world, the master calls a butterfly." ~Richard Bach
Those of us who are lucky experience the complete unraveling of our lives. A life turned upside down creates the opportunity for radical change. Whether it's a divorce, death of a loved one, sudden poverty, or life changing illness, we may find ourselves forced to reevaluate identity, meaning, reality.
Corneal dystrophy has been the empowering experience of my life. I lost access to visual beauty, but discovered that we swim in a sea of unnoticed yet exquisitely beautiful sounds, textures, smells, and motion. The disease was crushingly cruel and my organ donor gave me the purest form of unconditional kindness. I lost the illusion of control, and tasted serenity and freedom. I gave up the future I had planned, and experienced the richness of the present moment.
Life became an infinite playground- with a little help from Lao Tsu.
The Space Between Change
"It's not so much that we are afraid of change or so in love with the old ways, but it's that place in between that we fear. . . . it's like being between trapezes. It's Linus when his blanket is in the dryer."
~Marilyn Ferguson
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