Transformations.  They are everywhere.  All the time.  In so very many different manners.  You can count on it.

To define a transformation would take half a page.  But essentially it is a thorough change in form, appearance, or cycle.   Yes, a change. An alteration, conversion, overhaul.  Perhaps a reshaping, redoing, reorganization or rearrangement.  Oh it could go on and on.

Okay.  The big transformation in the news lately is Bruce Jenner, Olympic Decathlon Gold Medalist.  Now Caitlyn Jenner.  Caitlyn is an attractive woman, especially at 65 years of age.  Which brings me to this, gosh darn it.  Bruce, why oh why pick the name Caitlyn?  Caitlyn sounds like a 12 year old girl.  Not a 65 year old woman.  It should have been Brenda, Donna, Margaret, Patricia, Linda.  Something from 1949.  But… I digress.  She can pick whatever name and bra size she wants.  Free country, and all.

Here’s another example.  This one is so obvious.  Transformers.  The toys, the movie… you name it.  They are those vehicles which transform in a few flips of a hinge….. into a robot of magnanimous proportions.  Now THAT is a quick change artist for you.

Since we are on movies, and transformations, let’s talk about Harvey Dent.  I just thought about the first Batman Movie.  District Attorney Harvey Dent was portrayed by Billy Dee Williams.  Yes… a black man.  However, by the time Batman: The Dark Knight comes around,… Old Harvey is a white guy… played by Aaron Eckhart.  Now THAT really IS a transformation. Either that or a major casting error.

Caterpillars to Butterflies.  Grapes to Raisins.  Babies to Adults.  Ice to Water to Steam.  Sand to Pearls.  Tadpoles to Frogs.  All going through the change.

You, and I, are in a constant state of transformation.  Every little atom in our bodies is in motion, moving from one form to another.  Spinning and whirling, and producing all sorts of energy.

But what kind?  What kind of transformation are we?  What kind of energy do we make.  Are we always finding what is going wrong with life, or do we search for what is good?

Not only on the outside of us… in the world which surrounds us.  No.  What about that inner self?  Are we a work in progress.  A beautiful painting to be completed?  The verge of joy at our very next bring?   The dark to light?

What transformations do we have in us?  What are our possibilities?

We are amazing,  all of us.  I think the prospects are endless.  In fact… I am counting on it.

What would it be like if you lived each day, each breath, as a work of art in progress? Imagine that you are a masterpiece unfolding, every second of every day, a work of art taking form with every breath.  — Thomas Crum

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Goodness is about character – integrity, honesty, kindness, generosity, moral courage, and the like. More than anything else, it is about how we treat other people.  —  Dennis Prager