The weather was perfect....not to hot....not to cold.....kinda like the porridge for the bears. Anyhow, I got out there and chopped, and raked, and hauled, and mowed and planted.....I really felt like I accomplished something....things are coming together slowly. You know your life has changed, when you get excited about a load of dirt being delivered.
It's funny I was thinking about that the other day. How our lives change. Do you remember the song by David Bowie....."Changes......cha cha cha changes time to face the change....." When we are young we get out there...go go go....travel...be daring....meet new people all the time....lots of socializing. Then, if you chose comes marriage and with that often children.....but not necessarily in that order. Then those years of raising you children.....then something happens......the kids are grown....your not rushing around getting them here and there...appointments and the likes. Well, maybe the appointments continue....it's just different kind of appointments. My point 
being.....our priorities change.....or maybe it's our focus changes. My life has changed dramatically over the past 2 1/2 years. I got divorced, moved, remarried, started a new job and now live somewhere I never ever thought I would live. I am doing things this city girl never thought she would see herself doing. This whole working the land, and using the implements of torture I call them.....but I love it. I am looking at the possibility of starting a cottage industry.....but have to test the waters(no pun intended)first. I feel so fortunate to be living where I do. I have a whole new appreciation for the beauty of nature. It is so bountiful here. I think I have always longed for a life like this but never thought it possible. And now here I am. Although I wish I had my girls with me.....I am close enough that I can be there for them in heart beat if they need me. They are very independent strong girls and have a close relationship with each other and for that I am thankful.
being.....our priorities change.....or maybe it's our focus changes. My life has changed dramatically over the past 2 1/2 years. I got divorced, moved, remarried, started a new job and now live somewhere I never ever thought I would live. I am doing things this city girl never thought she would see herself doing. This whole working the land, and using the implements of torture I call them.....but I love it. I am looking at the possibility of starting a cottage industry.....but have to test the waters(no pun intended)first. I feel so fortunate to be living where I do. I have a whole new appreciation for the beauty of nature. It is so bountiful here. I think I have always longed for a life like this but never thought it possible. And now here I am. Although I wish I had my girls with me.....I am close enough that I can be there for them in heart beat if they need me. They are very independent strong girls and have a close relationship with each other and for that I am thankful.Yes my life has changed. And continues to change. My hubby is revamping his business and thinking of moving his operations onto our property, which of course will cause huge change. But change is good........I find change challenging....and I love a challenge.......you know what they say....."a change is a good as a rest"
Some people say they fear change.......or that change is difficult for them......for me change is inevitable.....what do you think? Do you think change is inevitable.....and how do you cope with change?
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Change. I used to fight it tooth and nail. Now I'm almost embracing it!
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I am so happy you came back to my blog again. It has been a while, as you said. I liked your sentiments and your life of the past 2 1/2 years sounds just like mine 9 years ago. But, I found that as it changed it got so much better. Sounds like yours has, too. We balk at changes but if we let them run their course, then what falls into place is what should fall into place, I have found. To change is to live.
Please come back again.
Ian
I'm one that likes things to stay the same...I often get into ruts...I'm just now accepting that nothing ever stays the same!
Excellent post!
And gal, slow down you're making me tired with all this work...hehe!
At this point in my life, I would welcome a little bit of change as I am beginning to feel somewhat stagnant - for lack of a better word.
The place I live currently is the longest that I have ever lived anywhere in one place (7 years). My Dad was career Air Force and I joined myself when I was 17 so I was used to moving around a lot. When I moved into this house in April of 2000, I am sure I never thought I would be here for as long as I have been. It boggles my mind but it also makes me think about wanting to move from time to time, too.
I want to clean all the junk out of the basement and the nooks and crannies of the house and just start all over again someplace fresh but I know that's not possible right now due to financial constraints plus I have to think about Amanda and the disruption it might bring to her life. It's not just me - it's not just my life and changes that I might like or want could be ones that my daughter doesn't. Sigh ... being a thinking adult sometimes stinks!
Still ... this is NOT where I thought my life would be when I was only a bit over a year away from turning 50 and maybe that's why I yearn for some changes right now.
Or maybe it's just the fact that Spring just doesn't seem to want to come this year and that maybe even just that small change would be enough to make me happy!
Since I don't have your email this is the only way to reach you. Turns out Mom doesn't tolerate digozin, in fact it made her nuts. Not a normal reaction, but happens sometimes. As for changes, yup, airing out the house and getting rid of all the bad vibes...ciao
This is so odd!!! I wrote 13 things I need to CHANGE about me on TT .Come see....Baba
LMAO! I think cope is the key work when it comes to me and change.
I never like change when I'm just thinking about them. But, once they happen, then I really do just get on with it and almost always I end up enjoying them.
I think I would love the changes you have had.
Change -boy, do I EVER need a change. A change of direction, change of pace, change of heart any and all of those could apply to me right now. I am in a rut, have been for several years now since I lost my last job, followed closely behind that with the medical issues and now, I'm just stuck in a major rut. I need to begin to change just in how much I leave the house for a while - right now I may go days, even weeks, where I don't even go outside for a minute much less go anyplace noteworthy. I'd like to be able to go out, even if it's just to lunch or for supper sometime but I have no single friends in a similar position so end up staying home. BORING, BORING! Cabin Fever, yes! Would I welcome change - that's another thing as I've become so entrenched in this way I don't know how easily I could change either now.
How I have changed from the way I way even only five years ago needs to go into a reversal, for sure!
I love change, it keeps us young! Imagine if things stayed the same or even if we all were the same. How boring would life be? Change can be very hard, but sometimes it is necessary. If you look at it with a positive attitude (even when it is not positive), it will work out. Like a child moving out of state or country. The positive thing is you have a place to stay when you visit, and it gets you away from home for a vacation. Sure you could be upset with the change and depressed, but why? Your child is happy, and so should you be. Find the positive in change and you can survive just about anything!
Chanage for me is growth.....growth into some new prviously untouched area of my life! Change happens even if we don't want it to so one might as well accept it and go with the flow of it! I love change and the new adventure it brings about.
Hugs!
RN, I think there is a special word for lives that do not change: stagnant. :-)
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