Constant Change

Have you ever thought about that moment when you just knew you totally jived with someone? That moment when you said "That's it! We're FRIENDS!" and you just connected. What changed? Maybe a better question is who changed? I have been thinking about that lately...when is the moment that perspective shifts? We meet people...we have experiences with people...we grow together...we grow apart...you're close...and then you're gone. People have seasons in our lives, some are longer than others, but we are ever changing. I have had so many experiences with people in my life who have shaped me in one way or another and now I couldn't even tell you if they are still alive. That is so sad to me...when I think about them, they are some of the dearest to my heart and yet they are gone. We have taken different paths and somehow we have lost the tin can telephone line...that once tied us together from our different tree houses.

On a tangent...how bout those tin cans? What about communication? That's a big one one my mind lately too. It seems that in a world full of emotion, change, life, triumph, pain...we have completely forgotten the foreign art of communication...the spoken word. Even now...I sit typing these words into a machine that will shoot them into cyber space for who-knows-what in who-knows-where. What about face to face, human to human communication. It is so interesting that at the first sign of verbal exchange...we label it as emotional...and somehow that is too dangerous to escape our lips.

There is nothing better than a good couch sit with a dear friend...in which the deepest parts of the unknown can be unraveled before our very eyes. My mother has mastered the art of exploring the grand expanse of "what-if". Some call it dreaming, unrealistic, a waste of time. But for me, it is in these moments of pure discovery and realization that I see a glimpse of the all mysterious "what-if". It's potential, creativity, and adventure at it's finest.

Oh the power of words!! Some say they are just that....WORDS. But I say they are a spark of creation, the starting point for the greatest word...ACTION! So I ask the question...What-if?

What if you followed your dreams? What if you became the person you always wanted to be? What if you took a risk? What if you stepped into the darkness of uncertainty? What if your gut is right? What if you could really do anything? What if that nagging feeling is something more?

Just saying...what if?