Today’s Sunday with Sisson is all about change.
Change isn’t good or bad. It simply is. It happens. And I’d say you’re better off thinking of it as a good thing, because otherwise you’ll be flailing against the immovable oppression of reality.
I just saw a great tweet that made me think of change. In case you can't see it, it reads:
“You need to be more active. A river is clear because it’s always moving. Lakes and ponds are murky.
'Still waters breeds disease'”
That’s describing change. Moving water, like a river or the ocean, is clearer and more pleasant than the pond or lake (for the most part). It’s clearer and more robust because everything is moving. The change is built in and accepted. An inherent quality.
When a pond is clear, it’s a fragile state. It’s poised on the precipice of change. Toss a small stone in and it sinks to the bottom, stirring up the mud and creating a huge cloud in the water that takes minutes to settle. It’s resisting change, and it will always fail for that reason. Change is going to happen no matter what you do.
What’s your relationship to change?
Are you the river, whisking along, rolling with all the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, always moving?
Are you the pond, paralyzed with fear over slight perturbation of your environment?
Are you somewhere in the middle?
