For the past several months I’ve been going through a transition of sorts. During this period I’ve gained lots of insight on life, living, and business. At the beginning of the year I was hit with the unexpected shock of being laid off from work. I found the blessing in having time to do some things that I expressed in previous blog posts.

At the beginning of the year I felt that God was leading me to embark on one journey and found that I was mistaken. I kept seeking God for direction and Jesus did not disappoint. You see, I paid attention to the sign that being newly unemployed was taking me on a new path. I did not know what path that was exactly until a little while later. I struggled with the idea of what I should focus on during this time. I allowed my passions to lead me to research some things that I wanted to do. I finished a degree that had been in the works for a long time. Yay! I worked with my business partner to refine the goals of our nonprofit organization. I outlined plans for my own separate business also, an endeavor I hope to launch later this year.

While in this moment of reset, God let me know that He has positioned me to make an impact to others through my life experiences and gifts. This new chapter I’ll also announce later. 🙂

Now that I have all of these new things on the horizon, I am embracing the fact that just as the world turns, our lives are in a constant state of transition and resetting. However, we can only fully grasp the newness when we embrace the ugliness of these transitional moments. I could have wasted the last five months by resisting the changes and longing for the familiar. Instead, I used this time to reorganize my priorities and try new things.

I’m now headed back to work with more balance in mind. Previously, I put too much of time and energy into working. This time around, working for someone else’s company is only a small portion of my list. Work can no longer be my whole life and should have never been as important as I once made it.

Sometimes the very things we are avoiding are the key to resetting our lives. When we allow ourselves to be lead by God, we can see beyond the darkness and see the light that is in front of us.

Keep going. The dark is only temporary and may be a chance to offer us a reset.