Monday, Day 2: Unfamiliar

Tender Transitions

Hello friends,

One of the most difficult things about transitions is the unfamiliar—we have so many questions, we don’t know what’s waiting for us, we are feeling unsure, perhaps afraid.

Let’s sit with this for a moment.

Take a few deep breaths to honor the unfamiliar, whatever that may be in your life.

Even as my corner of the earth turns from Summer to Autumn, there is some unfamiliarity in the way that Autumn shows up. How will the leaves change? On what days will I feel the chill in the air, and where will my heart lead me on those days?

As we honor the unfamiliar, we let words guide us in these tender transitions, whatever they may be.

Unfamiliar

I cannot sense what’s ahead
except that I know how I’ll show up—
with everything I have, with nothing
in my hands, with questions and
curiosity in abundance.

Because I have learned, 
too many times, that the
unfamiliar is simply a story
waiting to be told to us,
a narrative we’ve yet to
encounter with our tender hearts.

So, I’ll show up, and soon enough,
what was once so unknown will
be as familiar as my own breath,
as close to me as my own heart,
reciprocity showing me once again
what it means to give and receive
in this tender, beautiful, waiting world.

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