Episode-2489- Dealing with Life’s Transitions
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Today I was thinking about a lot of things. One was a friend a very close friend dealing with a major life transition. That got me thinking to many of my own transitions. This included realizing that I was on my own as a teenager, joining and leaving the military and moving to Texas. I also thought about getting what I thought was a dream job, moving my family for it, then losing it due to a buy out. My son growing up and leaving home, moving to Arkansas and moving back to Texas and more. Including lost friends, failed relationships and more.
As one who believes in synchronicity I was not surprised when the most recent issue of Self Reliance Magazine was on my counter this morning and I opened and saw a column by Dave Duffy called, “Reflections on the Gift of Life”. I will admit as I love Dave, have met him a few times and read his work for almost 3 decades the first thing I did was scan the article for any warning sings that is was a farewell. I was very happy to read this line while skimming, “I’m now 75 and healthy so still have some time left to work on my list”. I then read the rest which was a list of 14 life goals Dave had for himself in life, 11 of which he has done quite well with.
All this led to to today’s topic, Dealing with Life’s Transitions. I thought about how many people I have met in this audience who have had to deal with the loss of family, PTSD from their service, divorce and more and how they have told me that TSP has been so good for them. So for everyone out there who has had struggles with life’s constant change, today’s show is for you.
Join Me Today to Discuss…
- The Dave Duffy article that made me choose today’s topics
- Some of my transitions and what I learned from them
- Realizing that I was on my own at 16
- Joining the Army at 17 and coming home at 20
- Moving to Texas and being dead broke for the first year
- The loss of a few good friends
- Making it to Arkansas and having to come back to Texas
- The mindset of transition
- You can’t change yesterday, only learn from it
- What ever control you have exists today and tomorrow
- Focus on what there is to be done, on what you can do
- Set goals, make some relatively easy and get on with them
- Some Resources I Recommend
- Illusions and JLS both by Richard Bach
- Conversations with God by Neale Donald Walsch (Book – Movie)
- A Knight’s Tale – No I am Not Kidding (Movie)
- Way of the Peaceful Warrior by Dan Millman
- Things that make me let go of the past and be in the now
- My wife
- Gardening
- Fishing – The Spiritual Fisherman
- The Stars
- A Forest
- Spirko’s 29th Law of Life – “Your past is not a liability. Those who have achieved the most always seem to come from a life that involved struggle, poverty or adversity. Usually it is all three.”
Resources for today’s show…
- Follow Life With Jack on Instagram
- TSP Facebook Group
- Join the Members Brigade
- Join Our Forum
- Walking To Freedom
- TspAz.com
- Something’s Coming On – Joe Cocker
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Your section about the stars, was wonderful. It sent me way back to the black out in the Northeastern part of the country. I lived in Wyandotte Michigan, just 15 – 20 minutes Southwest of Detroit. The most beautiful night I had seen since childhood. It felt like I could just reach out and touch each and every one. I was Awestruck. It wasn’t just the stars it was the community, people outside, neighbors cooking on grills, and just so much sharing, even if it was the common hardship, it was done person to person, not electronically.
There were no lights at all for miles except headlights or lanterns, or candles, or camp style fires. Outside there was no light pollution, no airplanes “that was heaven”, no air compressor noises from air conditioners. We forget how much pollution there really is, that is not easily thrown into a trash can.
I was part of a poetry group back then and actually wrote a poem about the blackout that went over very well when I read it to the group. Changed computers, I’ll post a link when I get the chance. I searched everything I can access, even old thumb drives. One has a folder for my poetry but it’s empty; how that happened I don’t recall, but it’s empty. It must be on a backup CD or something but I really don’t know which one, or my old hard drive, for which I don’t have a reader yet. If I have to retype it from a hard copy, I will. I do at least have hard copies of my poetry, thankfully.
Humility, gratitude and the realization that we have more power than we give ourselves credit for are the important lessons which are missing from so many people’s lives. Thank you Jack for reminding people.
Do a google search for “Dark Parks” and you’ll find lists for across the country.
(I tried to post URLs but get a message that the content looked like spam.)
I haven’t heard this yet, but the Resources lists 4 of my favorite books! I’m looking up the movie… 🙂
Thank you Jack, once again, for episodes like this one; I’ve listened to it twice! I find it helpful to hear other people’s journeys and am grateful for you and your family’s willingness to share. Never underestimate how your podcast is making a positive impact on people’s lives!