Change

I have been reflecting on the fact of life called "change," which is always with us, and the good and the bad of it. I relate it generally to what I help some of my clients approach, perhaps with trepidation. For example, there are folks moving from a couple to a family with a baby, or mid-lifers entering the empty-nest phase and thence into another, hopefully creative and productive phase.

My recent organizing task, which I can share with many of you who recognize it is time to move into another phase, was prompted by the simple need for more space!

I am finally going through my son's baby and little kid clothes, consigning some, passing much of it on to loved ones with little ones, and sending some to charity. Maybe I'm keeping a few too! Throwing this out to folks out there. I am a person who, by nature, keeps things as they represent those I love. I try to show by example that though change may be sad in some ways, it is so beneficial.

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What is it they say, if you let go of the things you are holding onto, you will have open hands to hold that which is about to come to you. Here's a great book on this topic: Keep the Memories, Lose the Stuff, by Matt Paxton