Standing in the Threshold

Recently, I was talking with a friend and he was reminiscing about some of the events of the past year in his life.  There were some disappointments early in the year that kept him from growing his business.   At the time they happened, my friend could not understand why his business wasn't working out.  But then the rest of the year happened, and he was so grateful for the way it turned out!   In the time in between, he learned a lot and was in a much stronger position to grow his business by the end of the year.  It was better for him to grow the business NOW, then it would have been had he been initially successful.  In that time in between, he was waiting in the threshold.  The threshold is the place between here and there.  It is the time you feel like you are treading water, and not necessarily getting anywhere.  It is a getting ready space, but not the launch space.  This liminal space can be incredibly uncomfortable.  You may doubt yourself, you may doubt the universe, consider changing tracks, worry, overthink your options, create conflict.  And sometimes you run out of patience, and want whatever it is you are about to step in to... to happen NOW.  

I have been in the threshold this year as well.  Events just kept happening that kept me from moving forward.  It was frustrating, and there was a part of me that kept fighting for the forward momentum.  The final 'sign' was when I broke a bone in my foot, and simply had to sit down - doctors orders.  And so I did.  I needed to stop the fight, and just rest.  Sometimes you are just in the in between space, you can fight it or you can accept it.  I'm finding that the easier path is acceptance.  

Is there something in your life keeping you in the threshold space?  Maybe there are some limiting beliefs lurking about your value, your abilities, ideas of lack, abundance, or sacrifice.  What are you learning from this time in between?  For me, I literally needed to learn the value of rest.  The universe is always conspiring for your highest good, and sometimes standing in the threshold is just what we need.  

Can you think of times you were in the threshold between two places of life?  What did it feel like?  What did you learn?