The past year has been a difficult one, filled with transition and change. As I move through to the "other" side I found myself asking the other day...just how did I get here?   This question, did not come from a place of "inquiry",  it was not connected to a desire to "learn, stretch or grow",  rather it was my personal resistance to being in unfamiliar territory accompanied by pain and suffering.  

On this particular day I threw myself a "pity-party."  It looked something like; flashes of anger, isolating from friends and family, watching old movies and eating comfort food.  At the end of this day (yes it was an entire twenty-four hours!),  I had not even closely come to resolving the question of "how did I get here"?  Life is not a linear path, we can dream and make plans, but if we hold onto our dreams and plans as the only acceptable outcome, then as human beings we are bound to suffer.  

It is the process of grieving, letting go and acceptance that is my path to renewal and opening my heart to what life now has to offer.   Part of this process may be to experience a "pity-party" now and again... I do not condemn myself for being "weak" or going to a place of anger and resistance...it is a human response,  but on the other side...the more compelling inquiry for me is "how do I gracefully accept what is?" Joseph Campbell a mythologist and writer once said  "We must let go of the life we have planned, so as to accept the one that is waiting for us." 

So here's to letting go, accepting what is and living each moment with a sense of grace and gratitude!

I thank all my friends, colleagues and family for their patience, understanding and support...I am blessed to have you in my life.