Unexecutive

When it's the end.

We all have to confront the end of things.

Sometimes the endings are something welcome, like a project you completed, the end of a raise, the launch of a program, or a long week of work.

Sometimes the endings are challenging, like a team member you need to let go, a love you need to release, or a project that failed to meet expectations.

Often we're not very good at the end. We either resist them or idolize them. We try to make them bigger (elementary school graduation) or smaller (hiding a failure with an upbeat attitude), but neither entirely works. At least not in our hearts.

The people who I admire most seem to have incredible grace at the end of things. They acknowledge their feelings and the feelings of others. They mark the transition from one thing to the next. And most importantly they accept that things are changing. They accept that things are over and it's time for something new.

They don't complain about what didn't work out and they don't grab onto what was.

And it's this. The ease, permission, acceptance, and willingness to welcome the new and let go of the old is one of the most amazing human traits someone can possess.

Where in your life could you create more grace with the turning over of time?