The past several weeks have taught me so much. One of the biggest lessons has been the act of becoming a new dad. Along with it, processing feelings of uncertainty and a feeling of being in limbo.

I don't know when or how I started noticing, but I think about the power of words.

I think about how the words we choose to use with others, and ourselves, largely shape how we perceive the world we live in because of it. I started to consider how the word limbo helped shape my current reality.

To be honest, I wasn't particularly happy about using the word limbo, it actually made me feel uneasy, helpless, and lost. When in fact, this wasn't the case at all.

Every experience, challenge, and change has prepared me for this moment.

All the moments of uncertainty.

All the moments of not knowing what the future holds.

And all the moments of holy shit here we go again, I can feel it again, let's do this.

So, i finally found a phrase, and I would like to offer it up to you instead of being in limbo, consider the phrase of being in a liminal space coming from the latin root, limen, which means "threshold".

The liminal space is the “crossing over” space – a space where you have left something behind, yet you are not yet fully in something else. A transition space, if you will once you see it this way, you begin to see that life is filled with liminality twilight serves as a liminal time, between day and night within years, liminal times include equinoxes, and solstices.

So it's less about being lost, and more about about embracing the mystery and power of transition from what has been to what will be its as much about taking the reins again, taking action, and moving as it is about flow, staying quiet, and listening to the voice within to grow into and out of this transition space.

Passing through this liminal space has provided the opportunity to reflect and remember that that my life has been filled with countless moments like this before

And that everything worked out for the better, because it always does.

So, remember, you're not in a funk, you're not in limbo, you're basking in a liminal space, and it's OK.

Be brave, be kind, and stay creative, my friends.

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Thank you Alan Steale, Betsy Pake for the much needed clarity.