Long Text Messages... "The Gap"

I think most people have experienced a transition phase in their lives. Whether it's after a break-up or in between jobs. Even being in a job or a relationship could sometimes feel like a transition, could feel like, a gap. We might even call it a "dry-spell" or being in "a funk". However we see/feel this position in our lives it's often difficult for us to push through it. Sometimes this feeling comes, unexpectedly. So how do we get out of it? What do we do to ourselves to stay in them? What most of us don't realize is that this is the place where growth happens most. 

Often in these phases, we feel like simply giving up. We tell ourselves we're not going to find another job, no one is going to love us again, how are we going to make new friends or how are we going to rebuild this relationship? Netflix children do not know the pain most of us have suffered to have a show build up the tension in a plot then suddenly cut to an informercial of Dr. Ho's pain therapy system. Our vision and a our journey can sometimes look like watching a television program. We don't often see that the commercial break is leading us into the next phase of our story. Often we give up, and often we decide to look for a new channel to surf. We flip back and forth, not focused and lost. Do not give up in this phase, the enemy of growth is giving up in the gap. 

Comparison is one of the biggest downfalls anyone puts upon themselves in any case. No different here.  Sometimes we can be jealous of others peoples miracles. We look at our ex girlfriends and boyfriends and get jealous when we see that they've found someone else to be with, we envy when our coworker who got laid off the same time as you has gotten hired already. We all have different paces. We have a life and a pace that's specifically made for us and we can't go any other way. If we see people passing us or getting opportunities we think we should be getting just know ours is around the corner, we might not just be ready to receive it yet. Embrace our pace. 

Lastly, we sometimes choose to numb the phase. We ignore the phase and ignore our growth. That's how we force ourselves into a different situation but just get stuck in the same cycle.

This gap, it's confusing. It's kinda of mushed up and random like commercial's in-between our television program. It can feel hopeless and discouraging. Although, it's actually one of the most beautiful parts of our lives. It's a time to be introspective, to relearn things, to look back and appreciate what happened before whether good or bad. And to move forward. The gap is the space between our last step and our next one, we're in full stride. - God is Love