Thriving in Transition Thursdays!!

Greetings Global Villagers:

I'm excited to introduce to you my new series titled, Thriving in Transition Thursdays. Every Thursday, I will share golden nuggets to help you successfully transition in life from the book titled, Thriving in Transition: Effective Living in Times of Change by Marcia Perkins-Reed. This book serves as a practical guide to making the changes in your life work for you. Perkins-Reed immediately grabbed my attention in the Introduction when she wrote "transition is occurring all around us and within us" (p. 9). After I read that statement I took a selah moment. It reminded me that we all have inner and outer worlds that are in a constant state of change. 

Dr. Deepak Chopra, a spiritual teacher who responded to a posted question on Oprah.com, stated that "the inner and outer worlds are deeply connected." We have the power of choice to allow or disallow our inner world or ourselves from experiencing the fullness of life as it constantly transitions. When we choose to disallow our inner world to transition as the outer world is transitioning, then we are stuck at what Perkins-Reed refers to as Old Zero (p. 9). In layman's terms, operating at Old Zero is putting up a front, refusing to take responsibility, or denying our inner worlds when the outer world is transitioning all around us.

For instance, if we do not allow ourselves to experience the feelings associated with and undergo the stages of grief when we lose a loved one, then we are operating at Old Zero. If we blame our boss for disliking us when we are terminated from our job, then we are operating at Old Zero.  If we use our children as pawns to control our ex-spouses, then we are operating at Old Zero. 

We need to be more aware of what is occurring within our inner worlds when the outer world is transitioning.  I frequently share with others, "The true essence of my state of being is not predicated upon what happened to me or what others said or did to me. The true essence of my state of being is predicated upon my perception what happened to me or what others said or did to me. It is always about my chosen responses." Selah. 

Why?

Because you have the greatness to thrive in transition!!