Transitions
🍂 An integral part of the human experience
Welcome to November.
As I look out the window, I see leaves of green, yellow, orange and pinkish red. The sky is blue punctuated with wispy clouds of white moving east. It’s strikingly beautiful: this transition in seasons.
Life itself is about transitions. How we welcome them. How we handle them. How they impact us.
Sometimes we initiate them or at least plan for them. A job change. A move. Starting a family. Kids heading off to college. Retiring.
Other times, we simply have to react to sudden or unexpected changes. A layoff. A health scare. The death of a loved one.
I’ve experienced both kinds of transitions. You may have, too.
Today is someone’s birthday. Last weekend was someone’s funeral. The month before, someone was born. Gratitude. Grieving. Joy. To live is to experience a range of emotions.
How are you feeling today? What’s going well? What’s maybe not going the way you had hoped?
Be honest with yourself.
Even if you don’t share with anyone, take a moment to pause and really check in with yourself. However you are feeling right now is exactly right. You are human, after all.
This week’s media embed is…
🎵Can’t Turn Back the Years by Phil Collins
Phil Collins released his Both Sides album in 1993 and this was the second track on that album. Remastered in 2015, it’s a good reminder to us all that you can’t turn back the years. Say what needs to be said. Do what needs to be done. Prioritize the people in your life. Live today.
I hope you have a wonderful weekend.
Be well,
-Bryce
PS: If you are dealing with a life transition right now, Psychology Today offers eight ways to cope.
My most wonderful friend - grateful for you and your writing gift. How very timely your post yesterday. On the heels of losing my Dad recently on September 10th. Transitions - yes - for our entire family - a mother who's now a widow, children now absent their father , not hearing his voice when I call to check in with my parents.
But amidst it all - great gratitude for not just him but everything and surrounded by good people who have shared this transition- among them you.
So thank you as always.
Hugs- Peter
Beautiful thoughts, Bryce.
Life’s changes, like the seasons, remind us to accept both planned and unexpected moments. Each change teaches us to value our connections, enjoy happy times, and appreciate moments of growth and transition.