Life Transitions…. Riding the Waves of Change

By Sherry McHenry

There are many types of transitions that we experience within this lifetime. Some transitions are perceived as welcome and chosen, such as graduation, moving, marriage, entering the job market, retiring. Other transitions are unexpected, sudden and traumatic that trigger feelings of separation, loss and fear of the unknown. Try as we may to maintain the status quo, life circumstances do constantly shift and we are faced with choices as to how to navigate.

Sometimes it’s hard to let go of life circumstances that were comfortable and familiar. Or perhaps there are regrets and challenges to be face and one may question how things will ever turn around. Regardless of personal circumstances, new possibilities are available and are ready to be seen when we allow ourselves to open and align with how we really want to experience life. You may want to ask yourself these questions:

Am I willing to trust the flow of life?
What am I attached to that keeps me from feeling connected with life energy?
Am I limiting myself because of old beliefs or fears? What am I waiting to heal?
What do I really want? What gifts within myself want to unfold? How would it feel?
Am I willing to take steps to change?

Opportunities exist in this moment to take a step toward aligning yourself with your highest good and potential. It is our job, individually and collectively, to activate the love energy within our soul that holds our gifts and our highest good. Times of transition often activate the stirrings within our soul. We don’t all have to live the same way or agree on everything. But we must find the common ground of soul within us that provides a nurturing space for every person to grow, develop as we ride the waves of change.

“You have to strive every minute to get rid of the life that you have planned in order to have the life that’s waiting to be yours. Move, move, move.”
         Joseph Campbell