Joy in the Journey

Endings and Beginnings It is the last day of the month of February and that got me to thinking about endings.    We face endings every day and in a myriad of ways.   Today is the end of month; the end of a winter month that heralds the coming spring. We may celebrate the end of a sporting event if our team is victorious.   We may be illuminated by the end of a phone call with a loved one.   We may drop into bed at the end of a long day.   Yes we do face endings every day.   But then there are the endings that we do not face on a daily basis and we find it harder to deal with.   The end of a long relationship of any kind or the ending of a job that you have become accustomed to and good at are some of the bigger changes that we may face from time to time.   The biggest ending we must face is the ending that involves the death of a loved one.   In these larger cases of endings, we need more than just ourselves to get through the depre...