Graceful Exit

It has been quite some time since I've written something in this blog. It was good to reread my posts and see how that woman a few months/years back thought about life, family and children. It made me realize the things I believed in, the values I want to imbibe and the life I want to live.

Amazing how things have turned out. So much has happened in our lives. Good things, bad things. Things we thought were bad but turned out good in the end. And there were some endings --- relationships, businesses, lives and friendships. We'll never know what God has in stored for us. We can only trust in Him and His ways.

I came across this quote in the Internet that I feel expresses what I think right now. I'd like to believe that I have been practicing graceful exits the past years. I've handled transitions and changes in my life quite well. Some can be unsettling and more pronounced, others small and minute. But whatever it is, I have moved on quite well, trusting in Him and anticipating new surprises in my life.

“There’s a trick to the 'graceful exit.' It begins with the vision to recognize when a job, a life stage, or a relationship is over — and let it go. It means leaving what’s over without denying its validity or its past importance to our lives. It involves a sense of future, a belief that every exit line is an entry, that we are moving up, rather than out.” -- Ellen Goodman