Our dead spots

"Our dead spots can take many forms. They can occur at the time of major events, like changing a relationship or profession. It can be the loss of a loved one or indecision over what action to take when faced with a job choice. Whatever it is, no matter how big or small, the dead spot appears when we cannot engage in our habitual way of holding and grasping for the bars, either because we are forced to let go or we willfully launch ourselves into midair. Life pries our fingers loose and no matter how much we try to avoid it, we end up in the suspended moment, not knowing what comes next."

~p32 Waking up to What You Do. Diane Eshin Rizzetto

Some things to remember on impermanence

"With birth, there is death; with arising, there is dissolving; with coming together, there is separation. How can there be birth without death? How can there be arising without dissolving? How can there be coming together without separation?"

"If you make just a little more effort, you can overcome birth and death. You can attain freedom and transcend every sorrow."

~p558 Old Path White Clouds. Thich Nhat Hanh