Sometimes Chaos is an invitation to re-order and not restore order

I've learned lately that sometimes being stuck is disguised by living in a rhythm, a nice orderly pattern. Order can feel safe. It's predictable. It requires little of me other than repeat.

Repeat yesterday and the day before that and the day before that.

Only, the problem is, our days are not meant to be replicated. Life is not order, it is chaos. And so if we see chaos as the enemy of our orderly lives - of our safety - we are likely to live under the pressure of always trying to restore order.

But what if the chaos of a new day isn't a call for order, but an invitation to discover new possibilities.

If you think about it, today is a surprise party. We have no idea who might be showing up to our party. What gifts they might be bringing. What ideas or inspiration or hope they might bring into our lives. The question is, do we see them as uninvited guests - or possibilities?

If we see them as unvitied guests, it's likely that we won't show up to our party. We'll go into hiding. We'll retreat to our patterns and order and familiarity.

If we see them as possibilities, well - maybe we jump right in the middle of them and see if we can yell surprise as loud as they do. Maybe we treat them with curiosity instead of defensiveness.

Who knows, maybe in the middle of them is our next breakthrough.

Our next idea to write or sing or draw about.

Maybe in the middle of them is a meaningful connection.

Today is Monday. Let me be the first to yell SURPRISE!! I don't know who the guests will be at your party today, but see them as possibilities. See them as an opportunity to ask yourself, am I stuck? Am I on repeat?

If so, join the party. Be bold.

See the chaos as a chance to re-order, not restore order....