THERE IS STILL ROOM FOR NEW CHAPTERS
When your life's story doesn't end up unfolding in the way you thought it would, that doesn't mean that it won't be good. Even here, there is room for you to keep traveling through this breath by breath, as if you were moving through a story, page by page.
As long as you are living, there is still time for new pages in this story to be written. Just as the turning of pages brings both expected and surprising elements to a story, your life too can unfold in beautifully unexpected ways, embracing each new day with the promise of new pages. So perhaps, with this in mind, it just might be possible that even the most unexpected moments can be a chance to start something new. Even the most seemingly subtle shift can have a new chapter.
a new adventure
a new opportunity
a new page
a new perspective
a new way of looking forward
a new daily practice or routine
a new way to think about the future
a new way to think about your relationships
a new way to think about who you might be
a new way to consider how love, joy, and peace might bloom in your life, despite it all
These are all things that can come forward in a new chapter.
You never know in the present moment which small things might connect to something more.
You never know what new day, what new experience, or what new connection might lead you to.
Even if life unfolds unexpectedly, there is still the possibility of goodness. And when you courageously embrace change you will begin to discover how there is room for new chapters that contain new possibilities. You will begin to realize that you are free to keep going, knowing that “keep going,” doesn’t mean rushing ahead, but it’s an opportunity to recognize that just like a novelist writing the next chapter, you’re allowed to keep the pen to the page. You’re allowed to move through all of the twists and turns in the plot and keep going, anyway.
More in this week's series called "Words for New Beginnings", only with a subscription in the Storyteller App.
More tomorrow…
Sincerely,
Morgan Harper Nichols
@thestorytellerco
@morganharpernichols
