The time after my wife’s death, when I had to surrender my driving license, was a cosmic ‘time out’ and whilst it was initially very stressful, it forced me to surrender (or go nuts!)  It was a clearly delineated period between her death and the rest of my life.  Now I can drive again, it feels like I have been released into the world once more, and of course this a rather different world for me.  I suspect in the long run I’ll find that stopping for 6 months has helped me make much faster progress than ‘getting on with it’ ever would have.

I have always been a strong believer in the value and power of symbology in Change, and this ‘time out’ has helped me understand it from a different perspective.  It creates a gap between the before and the after.  Sometimes, doing nothing is a very good way of achieving your goals.

“Time cools, time clarifies; no mood can be maintained quite unaltered through the course of hours.”  Mark Twain

”Regret for wasted time is more wasted time.”  Mason Cooley