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Keeping Our Center ~ Day 120

I’m back! It’s kind of funny… even as of last night I wasn’t sure that our little vacation had done what I was hoping it would do. After all, the point of getting away from work is to be refreshed, find new energy, rejuvenate one’s soul, and in my case, discover lots of fresh ideas for reflections that need to continue until the end of the month! But, truly, I had this terrible, sinking feeling until about a half hour ago that our wonderful time away had failed and my river of creativity had dried up.

Now, I suddenly find that I have too many ideas running around in my head and it’s hard to nail one down! What changed, you ask? Here’s what I think. I think transitions are tough and sometimes we can’t actually move on until we’ve moved on. Do you know what I mean? Re-entry from vacation back into work mode, even though I enjoy my vocation, is tough. So, as long as I resisted jumping back in, I wasn’t feeling the new energy I’d found, I wasn’t seeing the new ideas I could explore. I was inadvertently holding myself back.

We face all kinds of different transitions in life, thresholds we have to cross, doors that close in our faces. Too often we stand looking at the closed door wishing it were still open instead of taking a deep breath, turning around, and applying ourselves to the new day ahead.

We can’t really be in two places at once. If I sit and whine about not being on vacation any longer, gazing longingly at the pictures we took of the good times we had, and mope around miserably because I want to be somewhere else, then I’ve lost whatever beauty and possibility exists in this moment.

I know sometimes this is harder than others. I know grief can keep us standing and looking at that closed door for a long time. And grieving is important for our souls. But, no matter what is behind the door that closed on us, we can carry the love and memories with us while we lean into this sacred, beautiful present day. If you’re closing the door on something negative, well, then just leave that there!

Embrace today and all the opportunities for joy and abundance and adventure that it brings.

Love & Light!

Kaye