Courageous Transitions

For most people, making substantial changes in their lives can be frightening, or at least anxiety provoking.

There’s no doubt that it takes courage to move from something you know well to something new.

But after this year, when the entire world was thrown into the deep end of the pool virtually overnight, and then had to swim like crazy just to stay afloat, whether you welcomed or feared change in the past, you should realize by now that you’ve become an expert at dealing with it successfully.

But choosing to make a change for yourself is entirely different than having it thrust upon you. 

As things are winding down with the pandemic (and I DO believe this is so, even with the virus variants that are popping up), you’re going to find more and more breathing room for reflecting on how your courageous response to the events of the past year has changed you. 

What have you discovered about your tolerance, your persistence, your tenacity, or your resilience? What’s new in your bag of tricks that allowed you to survive and even gain deeper insights into yourself, your values, your talents, and the gifts you have to share with the world? 

So . . . . what will you DO now with whatever you’ve learned?

• Return to the life you once had with renewed interest, passion, and optimism?
• Take some time out of the routine---or perhaps delight in the routine that you might once have found to be mundane---and consider what other/else your everyday could include that would be refreshing, delightful or surprising?
• Chuck it all and opt for a MAJOR/TOTAL change in your life?

Whatever you decide, the one thing that’s absolutely true is that none of us, whether we realize it or not, are the same after this experience as we were before it. We’re forever changed. 

From my little perch, I’ve seen extraordinary heroes who put themselves in harms way to protect and serve others (medical personnel, many educators, everyone who kept the grocery stores running, transportation moving, things and spaces clean, music and community and enjoyment created, and so much more). And there have been others who were just plain courageous in living day-to-day during this very dangerous and difficult time. It’s this last group who probably don’t think of themselves as brave, but who surely are and have been. 

Returning to any semblance of normal living will require care, thought, and reason, all applied with caution in mind. We need to remember that a huge part of our change is that we have been courageous in the face of this terrible virus---and we are therefore capable of showing this same boldness as we pick up the pieces of our lives and move on!

If you need help sorting things out, coaches are great at this---it’s what they do. 

Find one that you feel comfortable with and move forward fearlessly into your new one precious life.

If something I’ve written resonates with you and it seems that I could be of service to you, contact me and we can chat about what you’re thinking.