Trapeze

I was talking to a friend who compared transitions to flying on a trapeze. Transitions are the moment we let go of one swing and before we grab on to the other.

There are so many transitions, whether leaving school or a job. It could be leaving childhood behind, or welcoming middle age. It might be reconciling the death of a loved one, like a parent. There is that moment when we are untethered, in the middle, neither here-nor-there. Letting go can be scary. We don't know what the next handhold will look like, or even if there will be one. There will be something, but we don't know what. We can be free or afraid.

The difference between

falling

and 

flying 

is 

faith.