Transitions

The process of identifying a self inevitably involves loss as well as gain. We discover our boundaries, and those boundaries by definition separate us from our fellows. As we clarify our perceptions, we lose our misconceptions. As we eliminate ambiguity, we lose illusion as well. We arrive at clarity, and clarity creates change.

the change cycle doesn’t begin when we experience the minor course corrections of life, only when something forces us to let go of our identities. This is a very real and profound form of annihilation.