Mutants?

Oh the luxury of retirement is such that while workmen are busily tearing up carpet in one room, re-laying it in another, putting down hardwoods, etc. I am closeted in the bedroom with doggies, books and computer to read texts and surf some of my favorite blogsites. (Riley and Andy think that being next to me is the perfect place to sleep even while the rest of the house reverberates with machinery and radio blaring:)

Surfing photos, posts, and comments at Soliloquy I was prompted to leave my own comments about Nancy's photography of exquisite Parrot Tulips. (You'll have to go there to see the blossoms.) When Nancy originally set the photos up on her site, she was referring to them as "mutants"- not quite sure if or what their real names were, but her regular readers were quick to let her know the flowers' name.

My comment was - "Beautiful parrots - but they probably were or even are "mutants" some time in their journey - unexpectedly becoming beautiful in their current disposition."

Having left the comment, my mind continued to ponder the word "mutants." Aren't we all, maybe in a loose sense, mutants in our own personal habits, traits, political views, religious habits, spiritual development, etc.? I think I would be hard pressed to say that in the last five years of my life, maybe even in the last five days, I haven't changed a little or even a lot.

If we think we haven't changed in the last five years, maybe we should give some serious thought to about why that is.....are we so set in our ways as to avoid change, have we stopped yearning for new interests, new acquaintances, new knowledge of the world and our communities? Are we perfectly satisfied with our relationship with all persons and with our God? Are we tired of studying, of learning, of seeking new experiences? If we are, well, wow......I, for one, don't want to ever tire of change - not for change sake but for mental, physical, and spiritual growth that change may bring.

One of my former bosses used to say - "Live, change, grow!" We used to laugh some when she said it, because the LCG phrase sometimes pertained to something we didn't particularly want to live or to change - but it often definitely meant growth!

Hey, happy "live, change, grow".......whether you want to or not!