The curtain of fog parts and ahead of you is a conical island of ice and fire. It is a glacier covered volcano rising majestically out of the water. The glacier is slowly smoothing the rocks of the island as it ebbs and flows. The volcano, not only erupts land building lava, it also melts the ice and rocks, as it travels to the sea. The air is full of the burning, melting smell of the lava along with the salt of the seawater.
This island, one that I do not recommend you venture onto, is the Everchanging island. It is constantly growing and changing, being born and dying, all at once. The processes shaping it are destructive and creative at the same time. All of the elements coexist here, sculpting and eroding. It is a land where very little can live because it is never static.
You are like this island. Always changing never complete. You are creative and destructive. What processes of change do you see acting upon yourself? Do you see a balance between the elements, or are you always in danger of being overwhelmed by one or two? From the safety of your ship, you can contemplate the cycles of creation and destruction in your life. Here is not the place to focus on the ideas of good or bad. It is often necessary to destroy the old before something new can be created. The process is all that matters here. Yours is unique.
