“Start by doing what’s necessary; then do what’s possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible.” ~ St. Francis of Assisi

I recently purchased a sign for my office to remind myself that a new beginning, though scary, does not mean it will be a bad thing, or for that matter even a good thing. It just is. It is just a new beginning, nothing attached to it. It is like a new birth with all unknowns but many many possibilities.

We, I included, as humans are constantly pondering the future. Obviously, we all want a good outcome. We worry, we wonder, we pray, we hope….. here’s the thing — we are always entering a new beginning. There is no magical power to make events turn out the way we’d like. Each day is a new beginning, an opportunity to learn something new, try something new, meet someone new.

Then, there are the moments of new beginnings that require well thought out and as best as possible, planned changed. A move to a new city, breaking up a long relationship, starting a new job/career. What I wish was attached to these things, is the sense of peaceful acceptance of any outcome. Understanding that it could go any multitude of ways but still accepting the process of what ever is to come. If we go into change with an open mind, with perhaps small expectations instead of grandiose wishes, it leaves room for delightful surprise.

It is more realistic to go in with an attitude that it will be hard, scary, not totally what we wished for, and leave you shaking your head with “what the heck did I just do!” Because if we aren’t realistic, we will always be disappointed in the change and the process. We will not be prepared to fight for the change we long to have. If we are to grow, explore, seek and change, we must be brave and realistic. Understanding that all growth has its growing pains but in that pain we grow and learn and more importantly we Live!

As I enter the last 40 something days left of my 17 year career — I have sat, cried, meditated, reflected, counted and recounted finances, prayed endlessly for clarity. I can say without a doubt, that I am as ready as I will ever be for the next chapter. It is not an ending, it is just a new beginning. I am most positive that I will have moments of despair or not but what I do know, is that….. it is an unfolding. An unfolding, and an opening that I no longer have control of. I can either float with it or fight it. I am choosing to float.

What ever comes will come. What ever is will be. What ever I become I become. I am as ready or unready as I will ever be. But, I am open.

I welcome you life, to teach me, to bring me joy and laughter. I welcome you to make me New Again.

So my dears may you be brave, may you take chances and may you learn to float.

With Love, Light and JOY ~

Maria