Change is the certainty of life —
we (un)certainly hold choice in our hands:
to fear strangeness of change,
or
to face love’s changing challenge;
to hide from (unfamiliar) monsters
or
to seek soul (familiar) opportunities
to shrink
or
to grow!
As we embrace each (minor) moment’s exchange,
we may become (major) catalysts for change:
watch butterflies emerge
encourage spirit’s surge
relieve evil’s scourge.
One must learn to trust the unchangeable One
who forms life
transforms change
conforms us
until his perfect (and perfecting) will be done.
a poem in my pocket 
Oct 03, 2015 @ 06:06:57
Change is sometimes difficult to contemplate as happy and safe we become in standing still. At present I am happy with standing still.
Kind regards
Anna :o]
Oct 03, 2015 @ 12:00:10
It’s good to be content 🙂
Oct 02, 2015 @ 17:03:48
Are you using corporate language here (the highlighted words) – or am I merely obsessed with such terminology after several days of training about change? I especially loved that terzet which changed the whole rhythm and sound of the poem:watch butterflies emerge
encourage spirit’s surge
relieve evil’s scourge.
Oct 02, 2015 @ 21:14:10
i did not intend to but it’s interesting how different folks read same poem differently 🙂
Oct 02, 2015 @ 14:16:45
Easier said than done…well, in my case anyway. 🙂 Some changes in my life have rattled me to my core! My trust has been rattled too…
Oct 02, 2015 @ 21:29:06
i agree that it’s easier said than done…sometimes my poetry is self-coaching.
Oct 02, 2015 @ 22:25:18
I totally get it…so is mine.
Oct 02, 2015 @ 13:01:12
For me change has always been an adversary, from sagging aging muscles, to time zones, to seasons–from my wife’s moving of the furniture, to new policies, to new friends–& yet, how leaden-eyed dull would life be without it?
Oct 02, 2015 @ 12:09:28
Yes, trusting is key!
Oct 02, 2015 @ 11:50:47
Ah sister Lynn Friend..
square in the
middle and you
take away my
breath with
your
own unique
style of poeTry
however i must
say.. yes i have
no choice but
change and to
say that the
greatest
lie
ever
told to humankind
is that GOD does
not change..
ha..
we
are reflections
of that my friend..;)
Oct 02, 2015 @ 21:23:27
Fred, my friend, I believe God’s true nature as the only holy, loving, just, good, sovereign does not change…the amazing thing is that our prayers can move Him to “change” his course of action!
Oct 02, 2015 @ 21:24:05
☺️