Cherry blossoms open Spring. A client shared with me that Spring insures new possibilities, but what for her? She was sad because romance is invisible.
As often as you hear it, solution of loss means tears, grieving for what is no longer with someone you loved. It is never predictable how long tears fall.
She felt betrayed by giving so much of herself to this partnership. She came to realize she gave because she loved. She believed in the commitment and the good feelings she use to have.
The shift she wants to practice is not being critical of herself for what she did or did not do in putting her voice in the room and her shoes out the door. She wants to begin a journal of what she does love about her life. She doesn’t like to write and at the same time, wants to heal. Her journal may be three or four words before bed, along with the softest box of aloe Kleenex she can find.
Her second practice is to walk her neighborhood and get coffee at the local cafe in order to be around vibrant life.
Third, she wants to find a class to learn how to make cards into a business. She is an artist.
Change of habit usually takes thirty days. You will be motivated and you will collapse. Both behaviors are normal when going through changes. What matters is to be kind to yourself no matter what, and BEGIN AGAIN. Get support.
Another client has been working on planning more fun for herself. She is now blooming with two new things that make her happy, reading to children at a local library and training to be a docent.
What do you want to bloom before the end of 2012? Who can help you? What small step can you make this week?
May the beauty of SPRING, move you forward to what matters to you today,
Natalie
Natalie Caine M.A.
Empty Nest Support Services
Life In Transition, What’s Next?
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