change ? ...

a cool breeze
animates
the flowers blue
purple
pink oleander

grey clouds
gloom the sky
mask the sunrising

birds flutter
twitter and tweet
coast on that cool breeze

flags stretch and fold
stretch and fold

sleepy boats
undulate
in response to the swell

a pleasing touch of Fall wafts
on that cool breeze
foretaste
of cool
incredible colour ...
prelude
to wintery death

selah ..~

change

can be refreshing
especially when it points to familiarity
pleasant anticipation
of deja vu

but sometimes
change
can be threatening
unsettling
scary ...
makes me want to crawl
back into my comfy hole
do same'ol/same'ol
float on familiar breezes

and then
i lose out ...

for 1
i don't get to see what's out there
new stuff
fresh stuff
different stuff

for 2
i don't get to grow

life says
to grow
i need challenge
different
change
to stretch myself
out
tackle unfamiliar
go where i haven't gone before
   trekkie like

choose
be comfy
   atrophy
be moved
   grow
   up
   to potential
   me

selah ..~

further
the more foundational the change
the more the stress
   on my foundation

...... . . ..

so
change engaged
is growth-potential
think strengthening ...

..... .. . .. . ..

thing is though
it's tougher
the older you are
old dogs and new tricks
and such

.... . . . . . . . .

well then
i am an old dog
but i'm refusing to roll over
and have my belly scratched

i want
change
so i can
grow
up
into
potential me

selah ..~

fear
   as in stress over the unknown
is irrational
unreasonable
especially when God is in it

i have a choice
step out
pack loaded
staff in hand
dogbuddy by my side
head up
whistling

or
leave the pack in storage
the staff propped in the corner
dogbuddy bored to death
head down
tunnelvisioning

i
choose
change

selah ..~

one final thought

Jesus
is trekkin' with me

how cool is that ! ?

shalom