DONT AVOID THE VOID
"When we feel stuck, going nowhere -- even starting to slip backward -- we may actually be backing up to get a running start."
To change, we must go through a transition zone. It's not easy being in transition. Our thoughts and emotions are in flux. This can create a sense of groundlessness, of being in a void that can be quite uncomfortable.
When we’re in THE void, our first impulse will be to revert to old patterns because thats what feels most comfortable. But our goal is to HANG ON until the change is complete. Knowing that TRANSITIONS are part of the "change process", helps gain the courage needed to put up with the discomfort, the uneasiness, the void.
Change requires a letting go of what we’ve always known and done to allow in something new. We need to trust GOD and ourselves to unfold a new reality for us................
47 Comments:
Star, Did you come with that all by yourself? That was very well said and thought out. The void is definetly uncomfortable
Hey Tina!
:)
Well.... it stemmed from many convos with my cool mom, which was the intoduction to the inspiration I felt after reading a small piece of literature, and then brought to life on my blog when I realized I couldn't contain it anymore!!
I always like seeing "holmessellshomes" on my blog.... it makes me smile on anyday ending in "Y"!!!!
LOVE YOU!! and YES, the void is uncomfortable no matter what it may be!
Star... VERY good post!! So true, so true!!
EXCELLENT! so nicely put, and I can testify to that. That feelign has made some changes in my life. Gives you butterflies thinking about it. Only someone who feels it can explain it so well, both the void and the changes. Very thoughful and thought provoking.
Alicia
nice post, now i gotta sleep
be near oh god be near
cant explain how much i needed to read that today..
cheers
brother in christ
-jason deli-u
Well its 1:15AM and I just got back from coffee with my mom and still we continue to talk about this void thingy!! A new addition though....... once you come to the realization that there is a void somewhere in your life, FILL THAT BABY UP!!
.GO GONERS IN GOD. take a course. plant a garden. learn a new language. take tap dance. feed the ducks. color code your closet. make a new friend. volunteer. make homemade pasta noodles. write a poem. put on your rain boots and stomp up a storm..... knowing your gonna weather the storm!!
(excuse me while I talk to myself here)
: )
the only void I have in my life is my parents and lance ( who always seems to work on church days and gets bummed out )
More to your list...
read a book. travel. explore. paint. take pottery classes. learn to play an instrument.
I love love love your post!
fix ur phone
hey FAN.......
maybe you can be a chuck again but...........i cant say
AWESOME! Couldn't of said it better myself! Star-Keep it up-you have some good reads!
I love everybody!!
Nic.....If I bake you cookies can I be a chuckhead again?
ahh bribery, the last resort...
FAN...
btw are those beeds?
You mean those little dotts that are in the black picture?
they look like beeds...
new post please
i cant believe im gonna say this but mark makes a good point
LOL! Somethings Brewing.....
Transition is so hard!!!!!!!
A song that helps me with transition is "I'm movin on" by Rascal Flatts or, more recently, Jonathan Moore.
If it involves a relationship... "Starts with goodbye" by Carrie Underwood.
oh yes... and this post helps too
:}
and "My Life is in Your Hands" by Kirk
and "I've got Jesus" by Mark King
yes. yes?
yes! and STAND by D. McClurkin
and the other one
ya know?
yah... I do :\
how bout "Great is Thy Faithfulness"?
definitely that one too...
ya
i know huh?
yah hey..... I know
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cant say
cant say
are you gonna teach your students this stuff?
I was thinking maybe you could come and do a special class with them....
stop!
you say that almost everyday.... (stop) *in a sara voice*
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