Time to Change

“Be the change you want to see in the world.” - Mahatma Gandhi

I love this!

Yet, when I think about living this, it seems too overwhelming.

Me?
Change the world?
Where do I start?
What cause do I pick?

And I freeze. Every time.

And then I see Gandhi’s words in a book, or on a poster, or on someone’s blog and I think, “Wow! Yes! Love that!”

And I chew on them for a while. The words roll around my tongue. Easily. They are bold, yet they have no sharp edges. They are like vanilla ice cream, only chewy. And not store brand vanilla ice cream. They are homemade vanilla ice cream, made with real cream and real vanilla and real sugar.
And I am amazed at the extravagant simplicity.

And then I think…
Me?
Change the world?
Where do I start?
What cause do I pick?


And I freeze.


But today, I felt the beginning of a thaw.

BE

The cold front passes and the rain warms.

BE

Crocuses push green tips toward the promise of Spring.

BE

The sun illuminates the edges of the grey sky and, for a moment, I understand.

It is not, “Be the change you want to see in the world.” Rather it is, “BE the change you want to see in the world.”

I have been so stuck on change that I have been frozen.
Change feels so big. And so scary. And so chaotic.

But I can Be.

I can breathe.

I can work on making each breath an opportunity to re-create myself in the grandest version of the greatest vision I ever had about myself.

I can look at the world around me and see Nature: the plants, the animals, the water and the sky. All BE-ing exactly what they are meant to BE.

I can remember that I am a human BE-ing.

That, I can do.

That, I can BE.