You know the feeling when things change, our lives take a turn, and a new chapter begins.

It can be a scary moment. Especially, when we didn’t plan the change. Yet, we can often find excitement in such places in life. We find happiness in moments like falling in love or getting married, and we find sadness at times of illness or losing a loved one.

Each experience changes us, and it changes us for life. We feel like a different person. Ecstatically happy or deeply sad. We know right then that things will never be the same. The experience has impact on everything. The way we feel. The way we think. The way we act. And the way we look at the world and everyone around us.

This is just part of living and growing. What we learn through these moments can shape our future. We become stronger, more resilient, perhaps more cautious, or just happy and curious about what lies ahead.

Where are you now? In the beginning of a new chapter, in the middle, or at the end of one? As another chapter is opening, I wonder with anticipation and excitement what it will bring into in my life.