When I Must Leave

 When life decides it's time for something new
 or someone new to enter,
 you will feel it stirring.
 Then you have only one task: honor that feeling.
  
 You will sense it yourself—
 now is the time to let go.
 Now is the time to release.
 Now is the time to leave.
 Now is the time to break yourself apart and rebuild.
  
 You will understand all this
 because you will see
 everything around you slowly shifting away.
  
 If you cling to what was,
 how can what's coming arrive?
 If the old won't let you breathe,
 yet you remain trapped in yesterday,
 how can the new come to save you?
  
 Trust this entire process.
 Your heart won't want to trust, but trust anyway.
 There's nothing else to do—that's just how it is!
  
 Always believe this:
 life never removes the old
 without having something new ready in its hands.