Transformation often asks for something to die so that something new can be born.
Some transformations seem to require the kind of vulnerability that accompanies extreme loss or grief. Nature often reveals new self-knowledge to us and thus serves as a catalyst for transformation.
It's a lasting change for the better that springs from a radically shifting your perspective of who you are. Meaning and purpose become more clear to you, and things that are out of alignment in your life gradually fall away. But the most fundamental change is within you; it is a profound shift in where you direct your attention and your intention.
The new self-awareness reveals a more expanded world of relationships than you previously perceived while you gain new perspectives and definitions of self. Seeing with new eyes allows for a new understanding of yourself and your unfolding. This most essential change, the one from which all other changes spring, is a change in your worldview and your perception of what is possible.
Source: "Living Deeply: The Art and Science of Transformation in Everyday Life"