DEATH ENDING TRANSITION ELIMINATION INEXORABLE FORCES ending closing one door to open anotherbringing something to a closecompleting a chapterconcluding unfinished businessputting the past behind youhaving a parting of the ways going through transition changing statusmoving from the known to the unknownbeing cast adriftwaiting in an in-between statebeing in the middle eliminating excess cutting out what isn't necessaryshedding old attitudesgetting down to bare bonesconcentrating on essentialsgetting back to basics experiencing inexorable forces being in the path of sweeping changebeing caught in the inescapablegoing through what cannot be avoidedbeing part of a powerful movementriding your fateaccepting the inevitable