Suddenly You Just Know It’s Time To Start Again

Every ending is a new beginning

The start of a new year is the perfect time to start over, to turn over a new leaf, and to begin on a new page. This is the perfect time to hit the pause button, breathe, and go at it again. You can never go back, but you can always restart.

It can be challenging to let go of our history and memories because that’s what gives us our identity. They made us who we are today. Once the people and the experiences have served their purpose, they are meant to fall away, giving us room to breathe and to expand into something new.

In so many ways, goodbyes are really hellos to something that is more expansive. When everything seems to go wrong and life no longer makes sense, that’s an indication that a change is required.

You enter into a period where the old life has gone but there’s no sense of the new yet. That can be a dreary place. You would either stay there for a longer time or move quickly and step into the new zone.

This is when the tears have stopped flowing, the wound stopped bleeding and the storm has ceased. This is when you take your first mindful deep breath in a long time. You’re still. You’re quiet. You’re waiting for something to happen.

This is the moment you realize that no matter how dark it has been, it always comes to an end. No matter how broken you were, there’s always hope. No matter how difficult the night, the sun always illuminates a new day.

Even if it seems like there’s no way things will change or that you will heal and get better, you can.

In this place of stillness, you’ll finally accept that some broken pieces can’t be glued back together. There’re some roads you have to continue on alone. There’s just no more space in you left to hold on to hurt and regret. You’ll find the ease of letting go of all that’s been dragging you down.

You’ll have the choice to rewrite the script that says life is happening for you and that all things will somehow work out for good.

You’ll be able to recognize your boundaries more clearly. You’ll be more aware of the deeper needs that has previously skipped your attention. You’ll get to leave the past behind and start living the kind of life you envision for yourself.

From here on you’ll have to take risks, be brave and independent to stand on your own. You’ll have to learn how to rise up when you fall, how to bounce back when you fail, and how to heal when you’re broken. You’ll have to learn to open your heart and love again.

Change marks the end of a season and the starting of a new one.

The amazing thing about the future is that you step into a level playing field. No one has a hold on it, no one can tell you what you can or cannot do. No one can tell you how it’s going to turn out, because no one knows. You become the master craftsman for what you’re going to build. You decide how far you want to go and how deep you want to dive.

Perhaps in the process, you’ll fail again, or maybe not. But it doesn’t matter because you already know how failure has the ability to work in your favor. Everything is temporary.

There’s nothing more you can do about the past. From here onward, you only have to focus on taking the leap and trust that wherever the path may lead, you are on your way to creating something better.

There’s no right or wrong. Only an ever forward flow.

Take courage and keep on going, because life is too short to remain stagnant.