…That Groundhog Day could be ending?
No, that does not mean it is February 3rd.
Have you ever felt that life, whether good or bad, is repeating itself? Routines are a bit too…. well… routine? Things just aren’t progressing? Day after day seems to repeat the same events and sometimes issues as the day that preceded it?
My world has been more of the same for what seems like months. For the most part I am not complaining because the fact remains that what IS going on in my life is certainly not what others may be experiencing. I, for one, will try very hard to make sure that I don’t forget to make part of the Groundhog day experience one of gratitude for the repeating things that I am fortunate to have.
But Groundhog day can be stifling. Even resolving issues in one’s life doesn’t get accomplished if you can’t seem to take strides and move out into new arenas… walk through fears and jump into nets. They say that we will never find solutions for problems if we do not walk completely through them and get to the other side. Sometimes I find that the things I need to resolve are actually best resolved by that process… and not with any shortcut or by pretending that the problem does not exist.
Awareness. Recognition. Acceptance. Action. These are the tools that I have been taught and try to practice in order to find the growth and change that this soul seems to constantly crave. But In that “Groundhog Day” sort of period even the resolved issues may get replayed. There seems to be a solid line drawn in the sand that does not allow me to move any further forward (or through) to get on with different and new adventures… and to the end of certain things that are giving me pause or impeding my process.
Today, however, seemed to mark that spiritual break in the cosmos. There… on the distance… I could swear that I saw a little bit of a light that indicated something I had not seen before. I cannot quite say that I know what that light is, or even what it represents. But for the first time in what feels like the aforementioned months I felt like the pattern had been broken and moving on will now commence.
I will be the first to admit that there are times and places that I experience that I would definitely not mind doing over and over again. But the fact remains that the most important part of who I am is the chances and prospects of change and growth. If I feel that I am at all stagnated… even in the best of situations… I will feel trapped.
So what if I told you that Groundhog Day could be ending?
Bring it on.
Be Happy. Be Well. Be.
November 6th, 2009 at 10:04 am
I like it cousin–you are a harbinger of change. I look up to that. You are anything but stagnant although sometimes life and it’s progression seems to be stuck in the muck. Love reading your stuff, my man!!!