Transitioning Through Change
"Don't follow your dreams; chase them." -- Richard Dumb
These words emanate from the very soul of all of us who are “agents of change.” We’ve learned that simply following our dreams is insufficient to make a lasting transition into a constant state of flux whereby we realize our potential. We’ve learned that we must PURSUE our purpose and it’s in the pursuit that our dreams become a reality.
So often we interchangeably use “change” and “transition,” however, these two intrinsically are very different.
Change can be seen as a one-time occurrence while transitioning is an ongoing evolutionary process by which we learn how to deal with change.
Presidential-Elect Barack Obama states “I’m asking you to believe. Not just in my ability to bring about real change in Washington…I’m asking you to believe in yours.” He’s not simply talking about a one-time occurrence; he’s actually asking us to transition from being complacent in our understandings and our surroundings to becoming pro-active in our approach to making change happen.
His entire stance is about transitioning through change because our lives are about learning to transition in a constantly changing society.
In society we see more members of the gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, and intersex communities creating change for people who are marginalized. While creating that change everyone has to learn how to transition within their respective organizations to “make room” for those of us who are simply not settling for “status quo.”
We have learned the skills needed in order to live within a constant state of transition, it is so important that others also develop those necessary skills if they want to remain in a place of positive change.
Transitioning through change can be one of the most productive periods in our lives, if we learn that letting go is not dismissing what has transpired in life; instead, it is the time that we accept that which has happened and search for the path to go forward.
Finding new and creative ways to live our lives on purpose and creating the potential for positive change in our lives (and in the lives of others) is what gives meaning in order to transition through change.
Tanya A. Alkhaliq -Author, Speaker, Business Success Coach, Minister
Tanya A. Alkhaliq is a black woman of intersex/transgender experience who offers support, inspiration, and motivation to those who are in transition. She is also an Ordained Minister and Life Coach and emphasizes counseling while specializing in self-identity development, relationship issues, gender and sexual understandings, spiritual reformations, career choices, young-adult developmental issues, and issues pertaining to fear.
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