The New Year is as good a time as any to work on the transformation of our lives. And isn’t that what life is really all about – transformation. We all go through the usual transformations from being a child, to a teenager, a young adult, a mature middle aged person, and then to become life’s senior citizens.

But at every step we should be, could be, transforming our lives for the better in many ways. It is about growing into wisdom. It is about becoming aware of the lives and concerns and needs of others, and doing something to take care of their needs. I like to say that all of us on planet earth are in this thing we call “Life” together.

And actually now we know and understand that it is true as evolution has shown us that all life has evolved over billions of years resulting in the world we inhabit today. That means that we are not only kin to all other living animals, but also the plants, flowers and trees. This knowledge of the unity of all life puts a deeper perspective on everything we do.

Ancient civilizations knew little of the ways of the world and they conceived of a God who had created their world and operated it for their own private benefit. But today we know that evolution is the nature of Nature. Creation is on-going and we see in happening here on Earth and throughout the universe. We live in a self generating world and we are not just a part of that creation, but co-creators as well.

With our new understanding God becomes the Process of Life. No longer do we need a God in the sky or elsewhere that is separate from us, but we acknowledge that God is the very Life of the Universe active where ever life is found.

This realization will cause a true transformation in your life at any stage and cause you to change your thinking about everything. And this change in thinking, this transformation, has the power to change our world for the better in ways we can now only imagine.