Changes can be daunting and downright scary, but certainly are a part of life. I was compelled to write haiku when a friend of mine brought up the subject not long ago. It fits so many situations involving change.
We just seem to know
When it is time for a change
It is inherent
Signs and signals plead
Pay attention to us please
Our bodies know best
It sends messages
Too strong to ever ignore
Even if we try
Health and peace of mind
Are crucial to good living
A matter of fact
So follow instinct
Take steps to explore options
The answer will come
May those faced with change feel peace while life sorts itself out.
Margie
P.S. More from New Orleans headed your way!
Changes. . . .Sometimes they can give you the fresh air you need, a new start. But sometimes they can ‘Change’ you completely. This is something to be “handled with care”. . . .Anyways liked your this haiku too. Good Luck.
Thanks for these words of wisdom. You have written this beautifully.
True change does touch everyone and everything from moment to moment. Might as well accept it gracefully. Thanks for this Margie.
So true. You are welcome my friend.
Well done and thanks for sharing your wisdom. Change is good … change is scary … but people embrace it when they seek it – and appreciate it when it benefits them.
For sure AFA! Thank you.
Margie, i just discovered that i was supposed to reply to comments, i am so dumb about this stuff, but thanks for all your wonderful comments and hope you are being one with nature as a priority, thanks MJ
Oh dear MJ, no… not everybody does. For the first year I had my blog, my comments were few, and so I would respond to each. I am grateful that now, I get lots more from dear readers, and absolutely love responding, but find it harder to keep up, especially as I want to get to all of your blogs and leave a comment there. It’s the blogger’s dilemma my dear. How much is too much. So there you have it. You are doing just fine the way it is MJ. Enjoy the heck out of your lovely space, and don’t worry about it. We will be there no matter. No rules out here that say you have to respond to every comment. You get outside and commune with nature too!
Oooo Margie this resonates with me this morning! And I have been conflicted about time spent at the computer since I began blogging four years ago. I don’t post often but I spend a lot of time reading and visiting blogs and commenting and I find I miss valuable time in my real life just livin’! I love and enjoy the people I have met blogging but I need to stop feeling guilty about spending too much time with my laptop. Best way to do that is to get outside and smell the flowers
Enjoy your Thursday Margie!
Amen Pix!
What a great post Margie! Most of us fear change don’t we? If only we could learn patience and have some faith that God, the Universe or whatever we believe will take care of us
Absolutely Gilly!
Another stunning display of haiku skills. I have heard those signals loud and clear.
Thanks Lorre! See there, ch-ch-changes!
very wise, margie. you are a sweet friend.
Well said!
Thanks Julie!
I can’t believe that no one has added background music to your post yet, Margie!
LOL, let me be the first.
Yay! How did you do that Marcy? I don’t kow how to add videos. Fun! A collective post!
Go to Youtube, type in the song (or whatever you’re looking for) Copy and paste the link into the comment. It’s not hard, if you already have a You tube account. Obviously, I do. LOL. Usually, I’m tagging political links to share.
Sounds easy enough! I don’t have an account, and don’t go there much, but at least I know how to do it if I want to. Thanks Marcy!
No YouTube account? You don’t know what you’re missing. YouTube is a world in, and of, itself.
I know, but I can’t spend any more time than I already do on my computer. I am trying to cut back a bit as it is. There is so much out there. It is endless. Aah!!
I listen to a lot of very educational and informative clips while I am working on various projects. For example “The MoneyMasters”. YouTube has videos, etc. the major media is not apt to share with you. Of course, there’s a lot of BS there too. It is the wonderland of knowledge, even though some of that knowledge is worthless, and some is down right trash. However, I’ve learned a lot from some of the information I’ve obtained on their site. I do know what you mean though about spending way too much time on the computer. What the hell did we do before we got ‘planted’? LOL.
I hear ya Marcy. Such a marvelous tool the internet is with everything at our fingertips. Yup, lots of trash too, but such an infinite number of resources for everything and anything. I find I cannot get through a book, and I used to be a voracious reader. I need to spend more time being artsy fartsy. Make haiku cards and paint. Again, and we have discussed it here on my blog before, we all get caught up in our love for blogging and connecting with our blogger buds, being creative in our spaces here, but still struggle for time away from the screen.
I am now singing the song….turn and face the change. Thanks for posting Margie!
My pleasure IL. It is stuck in my mind too! Turn and face the change, ch-ch-changes! Everybody sing!
Yes, everybody sing!!!
I still don’t know what I was waiting for
And my time was running wild
A million dead-end streets
Every time I thought I’d got it made
It seemed the taste was not so sweet
So I turned myself to face me
But I’ve never caught a glimpse
Of how the others must see the faker
I’m much too fast to take that test
Ch-ch-ch-ch-Changes
(Turn and face the strain)
Ch-ch-Changes
Don’t want to be a richer man
Ch-ch-ch-ch-Changes
(Turn and face the strain)
Ch-ch-Changes
Just gonna have to be a different man
Time may change me
But I can’t trace time
I watch the ripples change their size
But never leave the stream
Of warm impermanence and
So the days float through my eyes
But still the days seem the same
And these children that you spit on
As they try to change their worlds
Are immune to your consultations
They’re quite aware of what they’re going through
Ch-ch-ch-ch-Changes
(Turn and face the strain)
Ch-ch-Changes
Don’t tell t hem to grow up and out of it
Ch-ch-ch-ch-Changes
(Turn and face the strain)
Ch-ch-Changes
Where’s your shame
You’ve left us up to our necks in it
Time may change me
But you can’t trace time
- David Bowie
Strange fascination, fascinating me
Changes are taking the pace I’m going through
Ch-ch-ch-ch-Changes
(Turn and face the strain)
Ch-ch-Changes
Oh, look out you rock ‘n rollers
Ch-ch-ch-ch-Changes
(Turn and face the strain)
Ch-ch-Changes
Pretty soon you’re gonna get a little older
Time may change me
But I can’t trace time
I said that time may change me
But I can’t trace time
Cardinal, I didn’t know all the words to this Bowie song (now I do!), but thought of it when I named this post. I am humming it now!
You are welcome, Margie. Lots of wisdom, beauty, and friendship in all you do and are. Love your haiku, and focus on health and peace of mind, trusting answers will be revealed at the right time…Love, Ellen
Your comment as lovely as a song my friend. Thank YOU!