Goodbye 2008, Hello 2009! Transitions and Transformations

December 27th, 2008 | Uncategorized | 1 Comment »

Most of us have never experienced total completion and the ability to create what’s next. If we did we would find ourselves the hero in our own lives. Joseph Campbell said that there’s really only one story that keeps being told over and over again, and that’s the hero’s journey.

While our lives reflect a journey through stages and phases, almost none of us have noticed that the sweet space between them, known as transitions, is where the splendid power of completion lies. If you can really be in that limbo transition space, it means you’ve let go of where you’ve been. An authentic “let go” has at that very moment an instant completion. A total completion. A transformation

As I’ve been learning to ride dressage on my horse, Chance, I’ve learned that the mastery (not to mention where most riders lose points in competition) lives in transitioning between gaits (walk, trot or canter). As a rider, if you can be in the transition with your body and mind balanced, you create a movement that is graceful to watch as well as ride.

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