You can overcome…with grace

Starting Over: A Journey of Loss and Recovery
Margaret Sarkissian
Recovering from this loss took a full year. I plunged into a deep depression, feeling that I had lost my identity, my path, my future. Yet in the back of my mind I also knew that I had made the right decision, the only decision, when I refused my previous employer’s offer of another job. Somehow I knew I was meant to leave the organization and comfortable career, in order to pursue the work I had always longed to do – writing, coaching, teaching, and healing.

My family, close friends and health care team helped me immeasurably, and carried me through some of the darkest times. With their support, I was able to say “yes” to the loss, “yes” to the unknown, and “yes” to Spirit. In return, I felt the hand of the Universe holding me, guiding me back to my true self – the self that I had put on hold for so many years. Although I did not know how I could start over at my age, I trusted that I could, and would, and that somehow, although I could not see it, my future was shaping itself as I healed. Throughout all this the Universe miraculously kept bringing me money whenever I most needed it.

Gradually, I rebuilt my life, inviting in only those elements that passed my new truth test: Is this heart-based work? And only if the answer were positive did I say “yes.” So, now I am coaching again, and facilitating a course on living joyfully, based on the book, “The Joy of Appreciative Living,” by Jacqueline Kelm. I am co-teaching a coaching skills workshop with a former colleague back at my old organization, and am writing a book on building healthy workplaces. I am learning advanced techniques in alternative healing, building that practice, and am birthing new ideas and opportunities for heart-based work all the time.

I awake each morning with a sense of peace. I make my daily gratitude list, especially appreciating the time and freedom that I now have to do what I always dreamed of. I view my former director as a catalyst for my life-giving transformation, freeing me from work I had outgrown and an unhappy environment that was deadening my soul. The perfect storm that appeared to be demolishing my life was, in fact, a gift from the Universe that has led me to the most creative and meaningful work of my entire life.

From Overcomers, Inc.; True Stories of Hope, Courage and Inspiration. To get your own copy and receive dozens of bonus gifts go to http://www.overcomersbook.com/booklaunch