227 days….42 weeks, 1 day….21 years and 2 months….all endings of certain journeys in my life. But also the realization that those endings also mark the beginnings of new ways of life.
There come those points in life when we note the endings of certain parts of our existence. It might be that a person we once knew disappears from our radar….it could be that we decide to cease practicing some destructive habit….we could just decide we’d had enough of a particular job and start looking for some other line of work.
But there is also the realization with these endings that there are beginnings as well. When someone we know and cherish leaves our lives, it can become an opportunity to make new friends. Our destructive, sometimes addictive habits are replaced with healthier ones. Our world opens to new possibilities when we shed parts of the past. And it can turn out to be one of the best things that happens to us.
It has been said that the only constant in life is change. And beginnings and endings are certainly a part of those things we see changing. We should take lessons learned in all of our life’s journeys and use them to make better decisions in the future.
David Lee
David Lee 