Excerpt from The Healthy Cookie: Unbaked

And That Is The End Of That… Sort Of

Written December 17, 2007

It is always strange when the end comes. Whether it is the end of a relationship, the end of a job or in my case, the end of school. We work at something for so long and then it is over. We look ahead to this end, sometimes with anticipation, other times with dread, with happiness or perhaps fear. Generally, endings are bitter sweet and the end of my insanely intense year of school is no different…

Now that I am done, given the way our world works, I am supposed to have the next step planned and ready. I am constantly being asked what I am going to do now. And uncharacteristic of me, I don’t really know. I am allowing the process to be the outcome in order to be open to whatever opportunities present themselves over the next few months before I make any definite decisions.

I have ideas about what I want to do with all my newly acquired knowledge. I have ideas of how I want to make some noise with the information that is swirling around in my head. I know that I want to help the people who want help. I know that I want to open the eyes of the people who don’t yet know they need to open their eyes…

I had Vanessa over for dinner last night and she sent me a message this morning thanking me and saying that she always feels so nourished when she leaves my home. Ultimately, that is what I want to do now that I am done school. I want each and every person in my life, every client I meet with, every attendee at one of my presentations, every student at one of my workshops, or every escapee on one of my retreats to feel nourished when they leave, whether that sense of satiety comes through information, food or the overall experience.

So yes, this may be the end of school but like all endings we experience in our lives, it really just represents the beginning of the next great experience.

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