to new beginnings

One of the most frequent questions I get asked is, "What does that mean?" Either that, or "Is that 666 upside down?"

I started wearing a '999' necklace, and it has become the obsession of strangers. I figured I should explain it, especially since my simple synopsis in passing will never do it full justice.

In numerology, 9 is the last single digit. It represents completion but not in totality. It is an ending that is not final because every ending makes way for a new beginning.

Maybe it's a little woo-woo of me to have this necklace. I get it. I laugh at myself sometimes for it, too.

But I love the significance. I've finally learned how essential endings can be.

Of course, most people would agree about the bad moments. The number 9 can be a reminder that hard times will end eventually. That every mountain we face has a peak. We will reach the top eventually. Overcoming the challenge of the climb.

Yet the good endings are just as important. It's how we balance out our lives. We can appreciate the good moments more when we've had them end. It's the paradox of happiness and sadness.

I always think of Sophia Loren in Marriage Italian Style when she says, "You know why a person cries? When they know happiness, but they can't have it."

If we've never been sad, how can we appreciate the moments when we are happy? That happiness becomes sweeter, having experienced what it feels like on the other side.

So when we're happy, remember it will soon end. Enjoy it for what it is. Embrace it. It will pass, but it hasn't yet.

I wear my angel number necklace as a reminder of release. That nothing is final in this life. The harder we try to hold on, the more we delay our next beginning.

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