Description
Life is a sequential succession of transitions. Marriage, having children, divorce, the loss of a loved one, going to college, graduating, getting a (new) job, retirement, and moving to a new city or country are transitions that many people will have to deal with.
Many of us will go through transition, whether we like it or not. What matters is when that moment arrives, announced or not, we must be prepared to negotiate the transition because depending on how it is approached, prepared and managed it could be a triumph or a tragedy.
Most people do not resist change. What they resist is transition. Change is a shift in a situation. Transition, on the other hand, is the process of letting go of the way things used to be, and then taking hold of the way they subsequently become. In between the letting go and the taking hold again, there is a "neutral zone" when things aren't the old way but aren't really a new way yet either.
We need to know when one stage comes to an end. If we insist on staying longer than the necessary time, we can lose the happiness and the meaning of the other stages we have to go through. Closing cycles, shutting doors, ending chapters whatever name we give it, what matters is to leave in the past, the moments of life that have finished. ISBN:9780981783635 
