Grab a Bar. Swing. Then let go.

Victoria Falls Bridge Jump, Zimbabwe

Robben Island, South Africa

Flying between bars

On the journey through my Master of Social Work (MSW) program, there have been times where I was holding on for dear life to my bar-of-the-moment, swinging along, too afraid to let go.

There have been other times where I could feel myself reach for and grab onto a new bar, when I released my grip of the present, because the next step, my growth was calling out to me.

Also, there have been times while in South Africa where I have stood between and behind bars, peeling off layers of ego while each one fell away to get to my soul. Many 'in between' episodes challenged me to get to the core of my being. Social work in South Africa is also in a state of 'in between'.

This portfolio is about holding on and letting go and what happened in the middle, in between bars, where I was in transition and where real change occurred. This is a rich and rewarding place to be, a place people often fear.

My intention is to articulate that in this space between bars I have learned to fly.

The inspiration for this theme came from a book called Warriors of the Heart by Danaan Parry. I will be quoting this book throughout the website. He writes:
"Sometimes I feel that my life is a series of trapeze swings. I'm either hanging on to a trapeze bar swinging along or, for a few moments in my life, I'm hurtling across space in between trapeze bars (p.84)."

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