Changes and Transitions

If you haven’t noticed by now, Centerpoint specializes in helping people navigate the changes and transitions in their lives. But just because we know how to help others with that, doesn’t mean we’re always great at doing it ourselves.

For example, I’m having a bit of trouble figuring out how to let go of my previous position as Front Office Manager so that I can really start taking on my new job as Executive Director. And it’s not that I don’t want to let go, but more that after over a year in the position, it’s become second nature. I need to reverse the process, and examine what is second nature to me, so that I can make sure I pass it off to someone better, or change how I do it to fit my new role.

I’ll admit that I’ve been a bit frustrated with the process so far (and it’s only been 10 days!). Part of the frustration is due to excitement around my new role, and the desire to be able to put a lot of focus into that with fewer distractions. (Of course, I may be fooling myself that the distractions will all go away!) There are so many new things at Centerpoint, lots of ways we are growing right now, and I want to jump into all of them!

But change is like that, back and forth between the old and new until you are able to find that new, correct balance. It can be messy and bumpy—I’m sure I’ll stumble a bit along the way, and maybe even trip someone else around me in my missteps (accidentally, of course!). But in the end, I know that I’m making the right changes, in the right direction for me, as well as Centerpoint.

I’m reminded again of one of our favorite quotes—one we give to all our Passion Search and Retreat participants at the end of the workshop:

“Don’t ask yourself what the world needs. Ask yourself what makes you come alive, and go do that, because what the world needs is people who have come alive.”—Dr. Howard Thurman