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Each May, as Mental Health Awareness Month invites us to reflect inward, we also find ourselves collectively stepping into a season of transition. From kindergarten promotions and high school and college graduations, to pending weddings, birthdays, retirements and other systemic shifts, the months of May and June are filled with milestone moments that mark not just external change, but a deep inner movement as well—a crossing.
These transitions are more than logistical markers; they are bridges we must face, a movement from one chapter of life into another. And in the space between who we have been and who we are becoming, we often encounter emotional complexity: joy braided with grief, excitement shadowed by uncertainty. This space between being and becoming can feel disorienting, even when it’s joyful. It’s like standing at the vista point along the ocean’s edge, cool air smoothing your face and the endless horizon spilling out into the unknown. Tantalizing. Breathtaking. Frightening. This time of ‘in between’ asks us to let go of what’s familiar, even as we reach for what’s next.
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