Nothing
stays the same, and you can almost always count on things to get worse before
they get better.
We
observe the wind, the clouds and brilliantly study meteorology but many times,
it seems a little difficult to tune into and quickly adapt to the changing
seasons in different portions of our lives. And truly, with all the emotional
attachment we’ve had to each peculiar season, it is indeed hard to pack our
bags and just move on.
Hair
cells undergo drastic changes; from anagen (growth) to catagen (involution) to
telogen (shedding) phases. The anagen phase is usually the longest for most
hair cells, as about 90% of them are in this phase for at least 3-5 years.
Therefore, it serves as a rude shock when involution and shedding of the cells
begin to occur.
Such
rude shock waves may seem to permeate our spaces and here are a few tips to
help us survive the telogen phases of our lives and re-launch into the anagen
phases:
1. 1. Get
out of circulation! The best thing to do at first is to go into seclusion,
trying to understand the season and appropriate steps to take so as to get our
feet back.
Isa
26:20
Go home, my people, and lock the doors! …
2. 2. Be
sensitive. The new comes after the old, always. Forget the previous
occurrences. Certain things and people in our lives are seasonal.
Isa
28:12
This
is the rest wherewith ye may cause the weary to rest; and this is the
refreshing:
3. 3. Be
ready to take new instructions. In this new season, you might be required to
leave your comfort zone. They might also come in a step-wise fashion, climbing
the rungs of the ladder might prove difficult if one doesn’t take them as such.
Isa
28:13
But
the word of the Lord was unto them precept upon precept, precept upon precept;
line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little;
4. 4. Do
not make haste. This is the time to create more beautiful, greater things; not
the time to ‘show people pepper’. Stop trying to prove to people that you have
moved on.
Isa
28:16
…he
that believeth shall not make haste.
5. 5. Carry
out the specific instructions specifically. Do not be surprised if all things
you are to do require entirely new and fragmental steps to be carried out-
afterall- this is new territory! The same technique will not be appropriate for
all situations.
Isa
28:24
Do
farmers plow and plow and do nothing but plow?
Or
harrow and harrow and do nothing but harrow?
Nothing
stays the same. Make the best use of seasons, even when they change.
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