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Open To Change

In the midst of transformation, it can be a bit confusing and even uncomfortable when you are open to the change that is bound to happen if you welcome it.

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In the midst of transformation, it can be a bit confusing and even uncomfortable when you are open to the change that is bound to happen if you welcome it.

I have found that it's uncomfortable because it feels as if I am being stretched in multiple unknown territories. I've been going to mental places that I've never visited before, and that in itself can induce strange feelings.

The constant transmutation process feels perplexing, as I am digging up old roots and replanting new seeds along the way. My sense of who I once was is vanishing. My old identity seems so far gone and that can easily throw someone off balance, just by overthinking it.

I have found that by just accepting that change is happening, I am able to adapt easier as I go.

By questioning too much of why I am feeling distant from my old interests and the people that I used to feel connected to, I start to fall into a lost state. That is not what I want to do. I want to embrace this process of metamorphosis so that I can come out being the best version I am capable of.

I believe this process that I am currently in is like when a caterpillar finds their old self in a chrysalis. Isolated from the old territory and what they knew of before their soon-to-be improved state of being.

This process can be frightening, as you are literally disassociating yourself from your old ways and the person you once were.

My goals have altered, thanks to someone opening up my eyes in a way that they haven't done so before.

I used to identify myself with my goals, which is definitely associated with my ego. My future was my everything. Now that I'm focusing on what is actually important, following my heart and living in the moment, I have been led elsewhere.

New territory.

That is because I've been opening myself up to accepting the new and ever-changing world of possibilities. Soon I will spread my wings into more unexpected areas and do so with grace.

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