Language of Letting Go - June 2014

[MajestyJo]

Monday, June 30, 2014

You are reading from the book The Language of Letting Go

Accepting Change

One day, my mother and I were working together in the garden. We were transplanting some plant for the third time. Grown from seed in a small container, the plants had been transferred to a larger container; then transplanted into the garden. Now, because I was moving, we were transplanting them again.

Inexperienced as a gardener, I turned to my green-thumbed mother. "Isn't this bad for them?" I asked, as we dug them up and shook the dirt from their roots. "Won't it hurt these plants, being uprooted and transplanted so many times?"

"Oh, no," my mother replied. "Transplanting doesn't hurt them. In fact, it's good for the ones that survive. That's how their roots grow strong. Their roots will grow deep, and they'll make strong plants."

Often, I've felt like those small plants - uprooted and turned upside down. Sometimes, I've endured the change willingly, sometimes reluctantly, but usually my reaction has been a combination.

Won't this be hard on me? I ask. Wouldn't it be better if things remained the same? That's when I remember my mother's words: That's how the roots grow deep and strong.

Today, God, help me remember that during times of transition, my faith and my self are being strengthened.

A great story, acceptance is needed to move on in our recovery. Not only acceptance of our disease but of our self.

Once heard that a stone didn't have legs or an ability to move them, that is why they need people to pick them up and put them where they needed to be.

Acceptance of what is, even if we don't like it, knowing that every things is subject to change. Hopefully we will get to where we need to be.