Well that was a bit of a false start. Getting settled after the house move, and the ensuing battle with Telstra to get my phone and email working again, took much longer than expected. I think moving house is a bit like having a baby - you think "Yeah I could do that again" and then in the middle of it you are going "What was I thinking!!" Anyway all organised now and feeling good about our new location, despite the effort involved.
Change and transition are hard work and an important part of life. Yet for many people change is a very frightening proposition and something to be avoided at all costs. The mind will do anything to talk us into staying the same, doing the same things with the same people, repeating the same patterns and running the same (often negative) narrative in our heads. It teaches us to fear the unknown, especially if that unknown involves some effort on our part. It whispers to us to fear creating a different future even when the known present is making us completely miserable.
To decide to grow in this life, however, necessarily invokes change and calls on us to be brave. We can be baby-step brave or sky-diving fearless, but we should always remember that as world renowned author Caroline Myss says, "What is frightening is really the safe path. What looks safe is your fear talking".
