Owning the Life I’ve Built

Over a cup of coffee at Folly Beach, a wise friend told me what I needed to hear.

I’ve experienced several major changes in my life during the last six months, including putting a home I’ve owned for 13 years on the market and moving to another state. I told my friend that I feel as if I am watching my new life from the outside, feeling very disconnected and overwhelmed by all that has changed.

“It’s a very strange feeling, as if I’m peering through a window, observing myself living in my new house,” I said.

“Then you haven’t embraced your new life,” she told me. “You’ve not fully committed yourself to it yet.”

She was right, of course. And I felt rather dull for not having figured that out for myself. It suddenly seemed so obvious.

“And don’t forget, Elizabeth, you are the architect of all this change. You made it happen.”

So today, I am focused on embracing all that is new (and good) and letting go of what was. I made this life of mine, and it’s time to take ownership and move in.