Tracey Rissik

I’ve been an avid fan of Barbara Winter, author of Joyfully Jobless, since I was introduced to her blog over 2 years ago. She writes the most encouraging & sensible monthly emails – she is someone who inspires me, especially since I’ve chosen for over 3 years now not to have a boss (apart from me, that is!).

In her recent email, she wrote about how we often fear change, thinking that what we are leaving behind will make us a lesser person. Or that the change we’re embarking is too terrifying to actually start. And the quote she included to illustrate that that’s not true, is just wonderful!

“There’s a trick to the Graceful Exit, I suspect. It begins with the vision to recognize when a job, a life stage, a relationship is over and to let it go. It means leaving what’s over without denying its validity or its past importance in our lives. It involves a sense of the future, a belief that every exit line is an entry, we are moving on rather than out .  It’s hard to learn that we don’t leave the best parts of ourselves behind, back in the dugout or the Capital or the office. We own what we learned back there, the experience and the growth are grafted onto our lives. And when we exit, we can take ourselves along. Quite gracefully.”

~ Ellen Goodman ~

Here’s to change in all its glory!

And if you liked this, why not visit Barbara’s blog at Joyfully Jobless.

Love & light

Tracey