Change.  Whether we like it or not, it is our natural state of being.  Everything in our
lives; our bodies, the aging process, the seasons, the weather, the internal and the
external are always changing.  The Incan culture holds reverence for this cycle.  
They look at it as the continual cycle of birth, life, death and resurrection, happening
over and over in our lives.  What causes stress in our lives is the desire to control the
change, to stop it from happening.  This struggle for control takes us out of the
present moment, and allows life to pass us by without fully finding joy in living.  
Often it is said that time goes faster and faster as we age, but I wonder is it just that
we are missing the present moment, and once it has past feeling sorrow for the
missed opportunity of those moments where we were busy longing for something
else than what was already in front of us?

I have felt this in myself these last few weeks.  The weather has been such a great
teacher.  As the cooler days of fall begin I catch myself longing for the days of
summer that have past.  The sunshine, the warmth on my skin, and the afternoons of
being by the pool feeling like there is nothing more important to be doing than
BEING.  And simultaneously find myself anxious about the future with cold, dark, icy
days of winter that MIGHT come.  Thankfully I have been able to catch myself in this
cycle though, and when I do taking a moment to take a deep breath, and bring
myself into the present moment of mindfulness.  I ask myself, “What do I know to be
true right now?”

I am reminded that there is beauty in each part of the cycle.  Knowing that nothing
last forever, so embrace the here and now with an open heart.  Fully experiencing
life rather than letting it pass yinz by.

Dalai Lama, “There are only two days in the year that nothing can be done. One is
called yesterday and the other is called tomorrow, so today is the right day to love,
believe, do and mostly live.”