Beginning, Together

I kind of have a thing for intentional beginnings, as well as endings. You could say I have a thing for thresholds. To stand at the edge of some unknown, wondering what might come next. If we choose to, we can see threshold after threshold throughout our day - going from home to work, work to home. It doesn’t take much to recall the big ones in our lives. High school graduation. Marriage. Loss of a job. Death of a parent. 

I have a thing for them, I think, because they give us an opportunity to mark a shift in our lives. To set an intention, and to see how that supports us in our lives. After all, that’s what we’re all doing: living our lives. Why not do that with as much intention as possible?

I’ve crossed many thresholds in my life. Many of them were done with little to know attention on them, let alone with any kind of (conscious) intention. What I’ve learned is that the more space I give myself to get clear, and to see what wants to come out of a shift or change in my life, the stronger and better the impact it has. For me, 2016 was a year of slowly stepping across a new threshold (or maybe, more aptly, several thresholds) back into my own private coaching and facilitation practice. Holding it in this way, I had the space to follow a thread that has allowed me to grow my practice, and to consider the directions that I want to take it.

That thread leads me to this moment, something I’ve wanted to do for some time. I’ve written down my thoughts privately for years. It seems like having the opportunity to engage in a form of dialogue around them here would be a rich and fulfilling experience. And that’s my intent - to use this space to learn and explore though the medium of writing and discussion. I welcome engagement of those interested in contributing, and hope, from that, community can emerge.

So here we are, standing at another threshold. Together. What lies before us is unknown, and that’s what makes it interesting. I’m looking forward to what we’ll find together.