They say when one door closes, another opens. What they don't tell you is there's often a hallway in between. A long, uncomfortable stretch where the familiar is gone and the future hasn't revealed itself. But if you stay with it and listen, the hallway can be deeply rewarding. It's a place of self-discovery, self-reflection, and transformation.

I'm discovering that there is tremendous wisdom in growing older. It is called wisdom. It's a kind of knowing that cannot be acquired by reading books or accumulating information. It comes from experience. From living through things, making mistakes, loving, losing, beginning again, practicing, failing, succeeding, and continuing to show up....