Transition

I have a love/hate relationship with transitions, moving on to new seasons. On the one hand, I'm energized by the idea of beginning something new. I feel so driven when I have a new task, a new thing to hope for.

I love seeing teams when they come to Cambodia from other parts of the world. I realize that each and every one of them is at a time of transition in their lives, they are being exposed to something new and becoming more day by day. There is a beauty in that. There is an amazing transformation that happens throughout our lives as we go through the different stages. I think the hope is that when all is said and done we would be more ourselves than when we started.

Yet at the same time, I hate letting go. I recently said goodbye to my friends and family once again. I had to let go of the ease of living in the States and the warmth of being in a home that is full and loud. And if I'm being honest, that was really hard.

I love the new, but I hate letting go of the old. Unfortunately, I can only hold that tension for so long. I need to learn that letting the past be the past is part of experiencing the new. If I constantly live in what was or what could have been, I will miss out on the world changes happening around me in the here and now.

I'm going into a new season right now. I am now the Project Manager for an amazing organization called The Rock Foundation. This will be a very new experience for me, with a lot of room for failure or success, depending on how well I do. I can already feel myself being stretched for this, but I choose to believe it's for good.

So here's to the new seasons, and finally letting go of the old.