A radical shift.
Have you noticed how it creeps up on you?
Tiny step by tiny step.
You learn a new skill.
You grow in a relationship.
You gain a new perspective.
You find you are drawn in an entirely new direction.
At some point, you realize you have completely changed your viewpoint.
This happens to individuals as events occur which cause them to shift in some way.
The events may be big, cataclysmic, catastrophic.
Or they may be gentle, continuous, flowing.
We see the results as volcanoes and the mountains they form.
We see them as rivers and the canyons they form.
Events, and our response to them, change us.
We may move slightly one way or another.
Over time, this can have a substantial effect.
We may jump to another location or conclusion when something alerts us.
This is one of the many ways cycles affect us all.
We are part of an unfolding rhythm of big and little events.
They move from the personal to the astronomical with everything in between.
We feel them unconsciously.
We experience them and respond.
The trend is always toward change.
Eventually it becomes a radical shift.
We become conscious of it at the last step.
Then we look around ourselves in amazement.
Look where all those tiny steps have brought us.
© 2022 Kathryn Hardage
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