Transformation: Innate or Choice

A few times a year, I foster Monarch caterpillars.

My first ‘fostering’ was in 2015.

I didn’t have a plan to foster, I decided to do so when I witnessed, horrified, a wasp attack a Monarch caterpillar as it fed upon the leaves of my backyard Milkweed plant.

I read up on the process and decided, while I could not save all caterpillars from a similar demise, I would save at least one, and in doing so, also be privy to seeing the stages in the transformation process and witnessing the unfolding miracle.

As I have been watching the process the past few days, I began to think about the number of times I have been through a transformation journey.

Being the inquisitive, philosophical, Sagittarius that I am, I wondered whether there is an innate human potential to seek growth and transformation throughout our lives, or if this is a choice. Both, perhaps

Tomorrow, amid fostering several caterpillars, I will begin a 30-Day Lifestyle Transformation.

While this is primarily for physical reasons, to up-level my nutrition choices, rest my organs and provide a ‘reset’, I know, from experience, that it is a transformation opportunity in other areas of my being. A ‘spring cleaning’ of sorts.

I am consciously choosing this experience, yet I ponder, am I innately drawn toward the desire to grow and transform…to reach my highest potential? Where does my desire originate?

I know what lies ahead because I have done this before, many times. Yet, each experience is unique, affording me new opportunities for growth.

I will be changed.

My body seems to have demanded I begin this process. I am heeding its wisdom.

An innate process for the caterpillar…a choice for me.

I look forward to all that unfolds in the next 30 days, acknowledging there will be challenges, along with rewards.

Donna