I’ve decided to surrender.
The universe has given me quite the kick up the bottom in the past year and reminded me of just exactly who I am and then some (and when I say, ‘and then some’, I mean AND THEN SOME.)
For instance, I was just out with my friend, the moon. A full moon tonight, which previously wouldn’t have phased me except now it does for reasons only known to the universe (and maybe the moon, and maybe the angels, and even aliens if you believe). Because If the moon moves entire oceans…how did it take me so long to wonder what it does to me? And when it’s at its fullest, and its energy is at its most vibrant…what then? Have you noticed how a full moon changes you? If anything, it’s made me feel a little bit cheeky, tonight. (Uh, oh. The nutter girl will be writing this blog post, it seems. :P)
Earlier today I was standing at the kitchen sink, blissing out to music, gazing at a tree over the fence…and it occurred to me just how python-like the arms of it were: thick, muscular shaped things, twisted up and around and everywhere. Again I wondered. How did I miss that? Thirty-six years of looking at things made of plastic and glass and human, that’s how.
But the most shocking thing that I’ve missed—something that makes my heart cry just to think it—is the friendship that nature makes with itself. How did I miss the wonder of the trees and how they reach for each other over pathways, their leaves meeting only centimeters apart as if to touch fingers in the most delicate of ways?
How-did-I miss-it?
I was sleeping, that’s how. I was the bear that slept a thousand winters and woke up in a whole new wonderous world, and here I am now trying to make sense of it all, trying to figure out just where and how I fit in.
So I’m deciding. I won’t be going back to sleep again— from now on I’ll be wide awake to the beauty of it all, no matter how many people think that I’m crazy for randomly loving trees so much. I’ll be deciding to live with more of my heart than ever before. I’ll be deciding to love as much as naturally flows through me, and if that means loving the stars and the moon and the sun a little more…then it’s happening. It’s happening, guys, and I couldn’t be happier about it.
Surrendering to ‘the flow of me’ means a few new things will be happening in my life, one of which you will very likely notice. I’ll be posting here as often as I feel called to post, from now on— and if that means posting more than once a day (like this) I might just do that.
Because just as the moon shines on the sea, and just as the trees go hand in hand…I write. It’s just the natural way of things.
Right. Did I hear someone say ‘cup of tea and a bickie’?
Why, yes. I think I did. xx

10 replies on “Change”
I surrender, too.
Giving in,
giving up, and
giving out
are not
the same.
I give it all to my
Father today!
Yes, but …
I’m afflicted, but not crushed
perplexed, but not in despair,
persecuted, but not forsaken,
struck down, but not destroyed.
Keep writing. Frequently.
It’s symptomatic of thinking!
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This is AWESOME. 🙂☀️🌈
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Ah, just as there are phases of the moon, there are phases of Brooke, and this new one is just as lovely as the last!
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Lol! So true, Kat. It’s all the seasons of Brooke, this place. That’s why I love that I’ve not locked myself into a strict structure on this blog. I made it ‘The little blog of everything’ because it explores all the different parts of me, just like life! I can’t wait to see what this next season brings. So exciting, isn’t it, when a new season of ‘us’ begins! xxx
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My question is… “What is a bickie?!” Lovely post as always Brooke 😉
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Omg. Lol, Jason! I forgot you American’s speak a different language ha ha ha. A bickie, is just a short word for biscuit. 🙂 Glad I could be of service to you, there. 😛
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Thanks for clarifying… of course we do 🙂
I can’t think of a good local colloquialism that you Aussies wouldn’t get 🤔
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We don’t add unnecessary “U”s to words like favorite or savior… they sound better without them.
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Ha ha ha! ‘Unnecessary u’s.’ lol. You’re so right. Life is already way too complicated than to add unnessasary exra letters to words. 😛
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🙂
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