Don’t be scared to start over, you might like your new story better.  Last week we ended with new beginnings and taking action.  This is a little reminder/encouragement that it’s natural to get scared along the way.  It’s natural to fear letting go of what we know because we don’t always see what’s down the new path.  It’s natural to feel sadness at letting go.  When we start over, there is indeed a sacrifice.  The person we were needs to be laid to rest so the person we are can come out.  We have to believe that what is coming is better than what was and have faith that we are able to follow the signs and see it through.  The fear of staying the same has to be greater than the fear of the unknown to really inspire action.  We also have to be in a position where we are willing to let go of what we know in favor of the belief that what’s coming is better.

The trajectory of life isn’t just about safety, it’s about change, evolution, creation, and expansion—those things almost the antithesis of safety.  While it seems counterintuitive, we can’t deny we’ve all felt the urge to go after things that, at first, may seem unrealistic.  On the same token, we’ve all felt stuck before and I personally know that what I’m doing now will not let me use the gifts I’ve been graced with, the things I am meant to share with the world.  The thought of playing it safe and allowing talents to develop on one side or the idea of being fully ready before leaping into the new means straddling both lives and we can’t steer multiple ships at once.  As I discussed yesterday, release and leaping is not easy—I’ve fallen into the same patterns millions of times.  We can’t help but lean toward familiar.  But I have an awareness of when I start repeating those patterns now and I have a much better idea of where I’m going and the beginning of any meaningful change is awareness.

The most beautiful thing about change, starting over, and expansion is that when we finally put the puzzle pieces together, there is a click and a resonance that simply makes sense in a way we couldn’t have imagined before.  I can attest to that for the moments I’ve taken the leap.  The point is that there are twists and turns and things in life that we can’t imagine coming forward.  We can’t project what will come based off of what we know because that doesn’t account for what we will learn.  The more we think we know what’s coming the more we strip ourselves of the potential for the magic that can unfold if we simply let the story unfold.  There is no reason to fear the unknown, even if it feels like the unknown can kill us.  The truth is, as I’ve said before, there is a death in the unknown and that is what we fear—but that death is the release of who we’ve been and what we’ve known.  The reward from taking that leap is far greater than staying where we are.  We may find true joy on the other side, it may be the awakening we need.  There is peace there.  Just let the story unfold.