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Since 1998 I've been sending out these reflections first thing each
week--one or more quotes plus my thoughts about the intersections and
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Quote #1250 - #ItsaPhase
10 Aug, 2026
IT'S A PHASE
"Everyone should have the experience of getting lost in life ... learning how to tolerate uncertainty ... find or create a new path for yourself."
Cole Todd
BURN OUT OF A FAIRY GODMOTHER
"A transition period is a period between two transition periods."
George Stigler
"So we die before our own eyes; so we see some chapters of our lives come to their natural end."
Sarah Orne Jewett
THE COUNTRY OF THE POINTED FIRS
This is where you are.
Now.
Not forever.
Just now.
This is where we are right now,
city state country
world.
As good as bad as confusing
as it might be
it's changing, ever changing,
changes that smack us in the phase
and those that burrow through unseen spaces.
It's comforting to know that,
unsettling
and yet comforting.
Well, I find it comforting.
Because if you can remember that in the glorious moments,
it will give you some peace when the house is burning down.
So just remember:
all the times--
brilliantly beautiful times,
deeply challenging times,
horrifically devastating times--
they're all just times
periods
phases
and the best we can do
is not get stuck in a phase,
trying to make it last forever
afraid that it will last forever.
It's just a phase.
Shellen Lubin
August 10, 2026
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