One morning you'll wake and go through the normal functions that begin your day, unaware of an unavoidable event that may alter your life or perspective. The sudden death of a friend, family member or acquaintance, a hurricane, a flood, a fire, an earthquake or maybe an accident or diagnosis you've been waiting for will be the turning point in your life.
Ready or not, some uncontrollable circumstance may be in a direct trajectory headed for you, which will force you to digest and live with the circumstances. We know this is just called "LIFE."
Maybe a positive event such as a promotion, sudden financial windfall or resolution to a prolonged life challenge will be the turning point and add a new lens to your life's view.
Depending on how we view and process any sudden or unexpected event that directly impacts our lives, it will have to be seen as either an "End or a Beginning."
When faced with a potentially terminal illness, the choice becomes, preparation for the end of life or the beginning of a phase to extract as much as possible from the remainder of your life.
The loss of a job or the demise of a successful career may be an end to a lifestyle or may be the beginning of a new direction.
However these circumstances are viewed, we are ultimately left to deal with the matter alone at some point. All of the encouragement, well wishes, condolences or whatever the outward response might be will eventually fade and will be replaced with an inevitable and needed, solitary reckoning.
When we are left to ourselves, at the end of "OURSELVES", and all else is put on the shelf, the process dealing with our "Stuff" begins…
Today, I am at the end of myself (a good thing), forced to reposition myself! Where are you today?