Well, hello there. It's Morgan Harper-Nichols here. I'm an artist and a writer, and this is a space where I turn the lens on various topics and subjects in hopes to learn something new or see something in a new way. Today's episode is called Simple and Peaceful Reminders for When Everything is Changing. Thank you so much for listening. I'm

Morgan Harper Nichols. For some areas of life, all we want is predictability. We just want to know that the

path we're on is the right path. We want to know that we're not wasting our time and that we've made the right

decision. While we may embrace being impromptu in some areas of life, there are other areas

where we just want to know what we're getting into, whether it's a relationship, a job, or a dream.

One of the hardest things to grasp is the reality that in one way or another,

everything changes. Even a flower who has a fixed role as a sunflower twist in several different

positions throughout the day to follow the sun. The sunflower's natural

internal rhythm is what causes it to move, constantly molding and shaping to the rhythm of the day.

This is true of houseplants too. Around the internet, there are time lapses of house plants

shifting and moving throughout the day, even though to the rushed human eye they seem to remain

still. And yet, even a plant in a stationary location with a clearly defined role embraces the movement of each day and ultimately the movement of life.

We never know when, where, or how things are going to change in our lives.

But we can know this.

We are more prepared for change than we think. This is not to say that change will be easy, but we are capable of breathing through it. No matter the change, there is an invitation to inhale and exhale and embrace the rhythm of the moment, the day or the season. Within change, there are

invitations to take action where we must take action and rest where we need to rest. There are

invitations to grieve where we need to grieve and welcome joy where we need to welcome joy.

We can't predict the future, but we can look around us and see that in the same way,

the plants learn to adapt to the unknown and the new, we can too.

Poet John O'Donohue once said, there is no repetition in landscape.

No two days are the same. No two stages of life are the same. As the world changes around us,

we are allowed to change to day by day, season by season, and year by year. There's no fixed position that we can

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