Midlife Mastery Journal

Today, as you stand at the crossroads of your own midlife transition, may that gift of God teach you, too, to remember who you really are in the larger scheme of things and, as the invulnerable spirit that you yourself are, to remember that nothing and nobody can really hurt you (without your permission). The spirit of the bold midlife transition is a spirit of acceptance, a spirit of humility, and a spirit of forgiveness. Embrace it: it’s your birthright!

The midlife transition that you’re going through (or, sooner or later, will be) can very easily turn you from an asset into a real liability for every group or organization that you’re a part of: from your family to your career, to your circle of friends and acquaintances. From their perspective, it’s painful to watch someone self-destruct, especially someone with as much potential as you obviously have.

When you make a decision, you subconsciously engage your core values. That suggests that, if you want to determine what your core values really are, you should look at the decisions you’ve made over the past week or so and ask yourself what reasons you had for making each of them. If you can be honest about it, your collected reasoning will show you what’s really important to you (your values).