Reflections

Weekly reflections from Wayfinder's Weekly - essays on navigating threshold seasons, transitions, and the messy middle between endings and beginnings.

Want longer form writing from me? Check out my two books: In Your End Is Your Beginning: A Memoir & Spiritual Wayfinding Manual and Hill Country Strong: Reflections for Healing Through the Texas Flood

Resurrection is happening now
Elaine Murray Elaine Murray

Resurrection is happening now

Transformation doesn't wait for you to be ready. It happens in the mess, in the goo, in the cold spring rain when you're still becoming.

I mean...have you ever watched a birth?  It's messy y'all. 

Rebirth isn't something that happened once in ancient history that we're still waiting to happen again. Rebirth is not a moment you commemorate once a year. It is a direction you walk in.

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When “I Don’t Know” Isn’t Working
Elaine Murray Elaine Murray

When “I Don’t Know” Isn’t Working

Someone asks "How are you doing?" or "What's next for you?" and your whole body tightens because you're so tired of those three words.

I don't know.
I don't know.
I don't know.

You've been patient. You've been sitting with it. You've been trusting that answers come in their own time.

And now you're tired. Tired of waiting. Tired of the fog. Tired of yourself for still being here.

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Permission to Be Unmoored
Elaine Murray Elaine Murray

Permission to Be Unmoored

Being unmoored doesn't mean you are lost. It means you are in transition. Transitions always feel uncertain before they feel clear. 

Here's your permission slip for the week: 

You don't have to have it all figured out to keep moving. 

You don't have to perform certainty you don't feel. 

You're allowed to be building something real while still feeling like you're finding your way. 

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