transition

The word “threshold” represents that moment of stepping through a doorway, not quite in either room, that captures the experience of being in-between identities or life paths. It’s both a boundary and an invitation, a place of vulnerability where we can start to leave behind the security of what we know while also accepting the

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Our younger selves think in terms of a beginning, middle, and some kind of resolution. But somewhere along the way—perhaps in that middle—we realize that everyone lives with things that may not get worked out. That the middle has to be the resolution, and how we make meaning of it becomes our task.

Lori Gottlieb • Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, HER Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed

I see that I have no control over constant change. . (from Look at the clouds; What do you see? (3)) #lookatthecloudswhatdoyousee

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Why is this? Are we so reactionary as creatures that we do not change unless someone else forces us to? Are we like pool balls, sitting forever in a fixed pattern until an interpersonal cue ball blasts us into motion? I think not, although we do suffer a kind of inner inertia when circumstances precipitate a transition.

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From William Bridges On Transitions

Authenticity is honoring yourself and others with equal sensitivity to the shifting conditions on the ground. When you are humbled, when you need to adjust your behavior, when you recognize that you’ve strayed from your ideals, those are the exact moments when joy is knocking on your door, asking to come in and light up your life in new ways.

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She realized what a gate was: it was an indication that you had left one space and were entering another.

Gabrielle Zevin • Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow: A novel

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