It seems that life is in a transition. You just have to look around to see that the world is in a kind of birthing process. I think we are getting a little spoiled with genetic testing and ultrasound telling us everything we want to know about the baby in the womb. We expect the same knowledge about the world and how it gives birth. We want to know what will be coming. No surprises. I don't think it works that way.

I see the pregnant expectations in my life. Work and my faith community are changing and my roles are unclear. At work, I have 3 months left to doing a job I have done for almost 20 years. Three months till the birth of the unknown future.... the undiscovered country. But I don't think that means that it's dying or that there is no future. There remains so much potential and hope. Perhaps what is happening is more like the metamorphosis of a butterfly.

Patient waiting and faith must be the hardest part of being in the cocoon.