Have you ever fought changing? I know I have! The wave of what is keeps you treading water so fiercely you don’t think you have the capacity to do anything different.
That’s why The Joy of Becoming first made me laugh out loud. And then it made me stop and think. Changing was a process for sure, and it wasn’t always joyful. And I wouldn’t do it any other way because I experience joy every day of my life now.
I’m not saying I don’t have my moments or let’s be honest days and yet hands down my worst days now our light years better than when I felt like I was drowning.
In the Science of Mind Textbook, Ernest Holmes says, “We are not becoming this Life but are now in and of this Life. There is no other Life. God is not becoming: God IS. God is not growing; God is complete. God is not trying to find out something; God already knows. (p. 292.4)
And as Lyle Lovett would say, “That’s the difference between God and me.”
Yes, I am a manifestation of It in form and I am a work in progress; It is not. If you have ever taken any classes from Landmark, which I have, the introductory class asks the question, “what is life?” People come up with all kinds of answers and the response is, “Life just is”. Just like God, it doesn’t judge it just responds. The difference is God is that ever present, all-knowing, all-seeing, absolute power that loves us unconditionally.
Why wouldn’t we want to be more of that? And it’s a choice. Each one of us has the opportunity every single day to change our thinking (on things big or small). Think about it, if you decided to change one thing every single day in 2026 by the end of the year not only would you have 365 new ways of being, you’d be a brand new, different you.
So, here’s the challenge you can keep on keeping on – complaining about issues big and small or you can join me in giving up one thing every day in 2026 – an item, a thought, a habit, whatever you chose. Write them down every single day and next year at this time we’ll be celebrating the Joy of Becoming.
One thing a day. Write it down. Do it anyway. See you next year—different.
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