Jan 25 2008

Nothing stays the same

I remember years ago hearing a quote that really struck a chord with me:

If you want things to stay the same, you’re going to have to be ready to change.

I don’t remember where the quote came from or who said it, but I think there’s alot of truth to it – especially in this fast-paced world.

As all our presidential candidates are vying for who can more effectively promise change, I am thinking today about it’s inevitability.

It seems to me that the movement of the universe is in a spiral direction. And that’s likely the path that change most often takes. So today, I find great comfort in the words of the song by Carly Simon:

I know nothing stays the same,

but if you’re willing to play the game,

it will be coming around again.

So don’t mind if I fall apart

there’s more room in a broken heart.

And to keep us all from getting too complacent, she throws in that part about the relentless spider who just won’t give up on climbing up the spout!!

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  1. but just want to share just a short thought with all of you.  

    • Edger on January 25, 2008 at 04:43
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    I think it might be the longest thought there is, NL. No? 🙂

  3. a heart must be broken wide open to truly work properly……

    it is one of the mysteries of life…..

    I know that my heart is broken wide and I feel life too much some times….

    yet I will be no other way…..

    I have tried most of the other ways and found them to be ways of death not ways of life….

    so I am a broken heart open and feeling in this terrible amazing world….

    the secret is love can actually get into such a heart…..

    and joy can flow out…..

    and the fullness of life can take such a heart until its breath is caught…….

    frozen….

    in the indescribeable light of the dharma……

    liberation is not for the unwilling……

    we must bring our hearts…..

    I hear your light……

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