Transitions (40th Anniversary Edition): Making Sense of Life's Changes
the biggest obstacle to reinventing ourselves may be simply a kind of paralysis of hope.
Rebecca Solnit • Hope in the Dark: Untold Histories, Wild Possibilities
The hero’s journey metaphor powerfully illustrates this. Every step on the path is sacred: the original crossing of the threshhold, the struggle, the return with higher consciousness. The hero is always complete because he is acting in accord with here and now unfolding challenges. The struggle is thus equal in value to the prize because both honor
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Evolution
Introduction
Most people live their lives on autopilot.
They wake up in the morning, look in the mirror and feel that something isn’t quite right.
Perhaps there is a small sense of uneasiness about their finances, work, looks or family.
Perhaps there is a general unhappiness with how life has turned out — but it can often be difficult to adm... See more
Introduction
Most people live their lives on autopilot.
They wake up in the morning, look in the mirror and feel that something isn’t quite right.
Perhaps there is a small sense of uneasiness about their finances, work, looks or family.
Perhaps there is a general unhappiness with how life has turned out — but it can often be difficult to adm... See more
Evolution
namely, the transition and renewal? How do those happen? The short answer: by choice. The person going through the experience has to choose to convert the change and upheaval into transition and renewal. The initial jolt can be voluntary or involuntary, but the transition must be voluntary. You have to make your own meaning. Let’s start with an exa
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