Yearning for It

[Beautiful Future - IV]

“Yearning for a new way will not produce it. Only ending the old way can do that. You cannot hold onto the old all the while declaring that you want something new. The old will defy the new; the old will deny the new; the old will decry the new. There is only one way to bring in the new. You must make room for it.” - Neale Donal Walsch

I rarely use quotes in my daily reflections, but this one by Walsch stuck with me the whole week.

People like use are yearning for a new way.

The new way is healthier.
The new way is more grounded.
Deeply affirming.
Beautiful.

But what exactly is the old way?
Old practice?
Old habit?
Old arrangement?
Old paradigm?

The new way is beautiful, but the old way must be named, understood, and set aside.
That’s risky.
And it takes courage.
And time for grief.

But we’re in it together.