ending closing one door to open another bringing something to a close completing a chapter concluding unfinished business putting the past behind you having a parting of the waysgoing through transition changing status moving from the known to the unknown being cast adrift waiting in an in-between state being in the middleeliminating excess cutting out what isn't necessary shedding old attitudes getting down to bare bones concentrating on essentials getting back to basicsexperiencing inexorable forces being in the path of sweeping change being caught in the inescapable going through what cannot be avoided being part of a powerful movement riding your fate accepting the inevitable