motherly wisdom

Inspirational e-mail from mom this morning...

"CHANGE: All changes, even the most longed for, have their melancholy; for what we leave behind us is a part of ourselves;  we must die to one life before we can enter another.” - Anatole France. As you enter a new year and embrace a “new you,”  this only happens with CHANGE.  In fact, this month was almost called “Embracing Change.”  We do need to constantly change and grow as we live and learn new things.  Most (all) of us are not perfect - this is ok AND gives us the opportunity to see what areas in our life we can change or improve. There are many reasons we often do not change, or we find change difficult.  Sometimes we feel we do not have the time to organize ourselves to do what we need to do.  Sometimes we may not believe or know how to make some changes without the financial resources.  Sometimes we just do not want to change. However, this quote is one to think about long and hard.  I think sometimes we do not change and keep our current patterns of behavior because we have to LET GO of a part of ourselves.  Letting go, even if we are separating ourselves from a bad habit can be difficult because we are letting go of something that was a part of our very being. We can only make these changes a moment at a time. “Always remember that the future comes one day at a time.” - Dean Acheson. Mindfully make changes moment by moment.  Allow yourself to let go and be at peace with changing into and EMBRACING the NEW YOU.