Nothing Is Permanent (And That’s the Magic)
Nothing Is Permanent And That’s the Magic! Finding Gratitude in the Chaos We’ve had a heat wave roll in, and let me tell you, living
Finding Gratitude in the Chaos
We’ve had a heat wave roll in, and let me tell you, living in a metal box during this kind of weather feels like being roasted alive in an oven. Even with the AC cranked to its limits, the heat hits you like a wet, dirty sock.
I desperately needed to cover the windows with reflective insulation. Normally, Kurtis would take care of something like that, but he was away on a business trip. If it was going to get done, it was up to me. After running around town, I realized I’d have to drive 40 minutes away to get the supplies.
The long drive gave me time to reflect on this surreal RV experience. A new awareness started to surface: What am I doing? How do I want to spend my days? What am I choosing to fill my time with?
I thought about the security blanket I’d unknowingly created for myself over the years. I had spent so much time immersed in chaos—cleaning and organizing my house, scrolling endlessly through Facebook Marketplace for things I had no intention of buying. When creative ideas or soulful inspiration emerged, I buried them under checklists and meaningless tasks, convincing myself I was “too busy” to follow those deeper calls.
But what do I really want to create with my life? How do I truly want to spend my time? Sure, there will always be mundane tasks like cleaning, cooking, and laundry. But how can I sprinkle a little more magic into those everyday moments?
The Gift of Cooling Down
After finishing the windows, the heat finally broke, and the air outside cooled. The boys and I headed to the canal right outside our doorstep for a much-needed refresh. The day’s emotions swirled within me, and as I watched them play, I felt the magic of the moment begin to seep in.
Ozzie kept diving to the bottom, digging for rocks, and blowing bubbles under the water—something I’d never seen him do before. When he surfaced, he’d shake furiously, soaking my already sweaty clothes with canal water. The smell of wet dog mixed with the splashes kept me cool and present, despite how messy it all was.
Spiders and bugs crawled up my legs, but instead of panicking, I softened. I brushed them off gently and leaned into the experience, feeling supported by the canal water and captivated by the golden barley fields that stretched endlessly before me.
A Moment of Messy Magic
As I sat there, watching the dogs chew on the leaves of a mullein plant clinging to the edge of the water, I felt messy, tired, and sad—but also incredibly grateful. It was a collision of emotions that left me feeling freer than I had in a long time.
This is the magic of the in-between moments—the moments that aren’t planned or polished, but that remind you what life is truly about.
That day was a reality check wrapped in medicine, reminding me that even in the chaos, this life is a gift. Sometimes it takes wet dog shakes, bugs crawling on your legs, and the gentle rush of canal water to bring you back to the present moment.
And in those moments, you realize that the magic isn’t in chasing perfection—it’s in embracing the mess, the mundane, and the beauty of what’s right in front of you.
Medicine Message – Impermanence
The greatest gift we can give ourselves and our spirit is the flexibility to embrace what life truly is. In this physical form, nothing is permanent. Yet, from a young age, we’re taught to believe in structure, permanence, and predictability. But when we over-identify with that permanence, we’re actually holding ourselves back. We limit our experience of the fullness of life. Our spirit didn’t come here to follow rigid rules or fit into predefined labels. It came here to explore, to feel, and to experience the beauty and chaos of this human journey.
The truth is, we live as though everything is permanent, our plans, our relationships, even our sense of time. When we spend too much energy labeling how life should go, we cut ourselves off from the unexpected magic this world offers. The reality is, we never know what’s around the corner.
We never know how long someone will be in our life. We never know how long we have to live this journey ourselves. But here’s the secret: when we remember that nothing in life is permanent, it doesn’t have to feel like a loss. It can actually give us more freedom, freedom to love more deeply, to embrace family fully, and to bring a new sense of adventure to our days.
If we sit with that truth… really sit with it… it has the power to open us up in ways we never imagined. It’s in this remembrance that we connect more profoundly to life here and now, appreciating the fleeting, beautiful moments that make this journey so extraordinary.
Diaries of a Medicine Fairy
Gemma
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