Recently, phases has been a reoccurring thought. When looking at childhood you might hear parents say, "oh were in this phase or were in that phase." The terrible twos, the pre-teen years, the teen years!, the exploration finding yourself college years..." And then that's where it ends. We somehow make exceptions for rocky periods in our life but only until the age of 22. Past 22, good luck. If you're experiencing a rough patch then you must be terrible at life! Sarcasm.. Stay with me. What we as as adults must understand is that we will be entering a new phase every so often until the day that we die. That sounds super dramatic but it's the truth!
Whether it be parenthood, marriage, change is career, relationships changes, family struggles or something that doesn't even fit into a category... We need to remember that this too is just a phase. Forgive yourself for not being perfect and remember that just like you got through learning how to not pee your pants.. You'll learn how to work out the current phase.
I can't take credit for a beautiful analogy that was made by Amy Batchman but she describe the similarities between birth and death. To enter the world... Your loved ones experiences contractions. Short painful periods that slowly build the closer a child gets to entering the world. During death we experiencing similar "contractions" of short painful periods that may not go away but will lessen in frequency over time.
Life, beginning with birth and ending at death will always have phases. Allow yourself some grace in understanding that "this too shall pass."
