One Step

Even though you may want to move forward in your life, you may have one foot on the brakes.  In order to be free, we must learn how to let go.  Release the hurt.  Release the fear.  Refuse to entertain your old pain.  The energy it takes to hang onto the past is holding you back from a new life.  What is it you would let go of today?  ~ Mary Manin Morrissey


Every day, we make transitions.  We get up out of bed and transition into our morning routine.  We transition to work and into different thought patterns for the work we do.  We transition from work mind sets to social settings, and then transition back home.  Once again we find our selves in reverse, transitioning back into our bed time routine in preparation for bed.

There are so many variables!  The mood we are in, the weather outside, how someone speaks to us or doesn't speak to us ... all of these situations impact our ability to transition or move forward.  Transitions can be well thought out with extensive planning or they can be impulsive and spontaneous.  Transitions can be exciting or dreadful, welcomed or feared, and successful or unsuccessful.

The healthiest transitions move us forward no matter how difficult they might be.  Whether we are changing locations, jobs, or families, we will experience all kinds of emotions.  It is difficult to say good-bye, but good-byes do not have to be forever.  To leave friends does not mean we no longer care about them.  If moving forward feels "right" but difficult, it is simply a challenge requiring courage and focus.

Moving forward can be easier if we focus on the adventure and what there may be waiting for us just ahead.  We acknowledge that any kind of change unsettles us, but it is not reason enough to keep us from allowing our lives to further unfold.

I loved to swing on swings and still do on rare occasion.  I loved being pregnant and raising children, and was very sad when the time came to move forward into another chapter in my life.
Leaving co-workers was very difficult while the excitement of a more lucrative job lured me forward.  Even though retirement was so very welcomed, there was a period of adjustment to establish a new way of identifying my self. 

Throughout the years, outcomes has been very positive with each transition.  Moving forward has done just that ... moved me further along life's path.  We need to take our foot off the brake, and coast into the next transition.  Obstacles may appear and things may not unfold smoothly, but all things considered, as long as we are connected with our inner spirit, all will be well.  It just takes one step in a new direction!