Tuesday Tales: My Planet Blew Up

ByDavid

Here’s today’s mentoring moment.

And it was momentous.

Some people leave home.

Others have home leave them.

Sometimes the shift is gradual.
Sometimes it’s chosen.

And sometimes your planet explodes while you’re still trying to stand on it.

For some people it’s:

  • A near-fatal accident.
  • A diagnosis.
  • A breakup that ends more than a relationship.
  • A family fracture.
  • A sudden move.
  • A career collapse.
  • A betrayal you didn’t see coming.

For me, it wasn’t my parents gently placing me on a rocket ship to escape our exploding planet.

But it was a 10-month stretch that blew up everything.
Health crisis.
Recovery.
Graduation.
Move.

Marriage.
Move again.
Start grad school.
And then my family relocated across the country.

It wasn’t one event.
It was cumulative force.

One day you’re on solid ground, orbiting a familiar star.
The next day the gravity is gone and you’re floating.

Here’s what I’ve learned about that moment… and it took me decades to learn it.

When your planet blows up, you don’t get to choose stability.
You have to choose identity.

Some people spend precious time trying to recreate the old planet.
Others build a ship. Find their new planet.

The ones who grow ask:

  • Who am I when my world disappears?
  • What do I bring with me?
  • What do I leave in the debris?

Being forced away from home isn’t just displacement.
It’s initiation.

It’s the moment you stop inheriting identity and start constructing it.

If your planet has exploded at some point, it means you were launched.

You get to choose where.

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