The Graceful Exit

Thanks to my friend Tracy for this quote. Not my words, but definitely meaningful to me right now.

There's a trick to the Graceful Exit. It begins with the vision to recognize when a job, a life stage, a relationship is over--and to let go. It means leaving what's over without denying its validity or its past importance in our lives. It involves a sense of future, a belief that every exit line is an entry; that we are moving on, rather than out.

. . . recognize that life isn't a holding action, but a process. . . . we don't leave the best parts of ourselves behind . . .. We own what we learned back there. The experiences and the growth are grafted into our lives. And when we exit, we can take ourselves along--quite gracefully.