“All endings are also beginnings. We just didn’t know it at the time.”
— Mitch Albom
The Five People You Meet in Heaven
Today we helped my wife’s sister and her husband move into their new home.
Moving signifies embarking on a new chapter. One door closes, and another one opens. It’s a tangible reminder that life is full of opportunities for growth and transformation. It’s a celebration of what’s possible. The future is wide open with every new step. There’s always room for growth, change, and the unexpected.
The transition from one stage to the next is often laborious. It’s easy to beat yourself up for forgetting where you packed things. And it may take longer than you originally planned. And it will definitely cost more (everyone thinks they are wiser than they really are). But the key that unlocks the door to the next chapter is only found when you release the old one.
Is it a risk? You bet. When you sell the house in which you currently reside, you’re putting your faith and hope in the fact that you have another one ready. But sometimes life has other plans. Sometimes plan A falls through and plan B is living with your parents until your new house is finished. It takes trust, patience, and stick-to-it-iveness. Heaps of it.
But then, the day finally comes and it’s time turn the page. And it’s rewarding. And exciting. And, ever so slowly, all of that stress and anxiety that used to keep you up at night starts to drift away. And you look back and reflect and think about just how far you have come.
New things are new because they are unmarred.
One could say they are perfect.
But they are also blank.
Empty.
Lifeless.
Full of possibility.
A new chapter is a celebration.
A celebration of possibility.