little deaths

Some changes look negative on the surface

but you will soon realize that space is being created in your life

for something new to emerge.”

                                                           Eckhart Tolle

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I want to change

I don’t want to change

Sometimes the changes I want are good,

But sometimes they are the worst

That could happen

Sometimes the changes I fear

Are fearful indeed

But sometimes they are not the ending I fear

But merely another beginning

I want to be richer and wiser

And so I strive

But in striving lose so much

I don’t want to grow older

And weaker

I don’t want to let go of dreams

Of power

Of titles and acclaim

But sometimes hidden in those losses

Are treasures

Untapped wealth

Letting go leaves my hands free

My heart free

My mind free

My time free

For something new

All those little deaths

And perhaps the big death too

Are merely the prelude

To resurrection