Once you let go, you have no idea where you will go.

 

Most of us like to be in control of our lives, we like to know what is going to come next.

What the next bill will be.

Where the next paycheck will come from, and how many zeros it will have.

We like to know what’s going to happen each day, each week, each year.

 

In an effort to take control, to be in charge, we leave little to no room in our lives for magic.

 

About a month ago my husband and I put an offer in on a house, one that would free us from a mortgage payment, but  would also trigger a huge amount of change in our lives. We offered $12,000 less than they were asking, my husband assumed that we would never get the house……. and then we did.

 

And at the exact moment that I signed my name to the biggest check I’ve ever written in my life, the cords were cut, and there was not going back.

 

The decision was like standing at the top of a mountain and finally pushing the ball over the edge, letting it roll, not knowing where it would go, or how fast it move. Knowing the only guarantee was forward movement aka change.

 

A week after making our new home purchase, we put our current house up for sale. We put it on the market before it was ready, because that’s how I do things, and because we weren’t sure that it would get a lot of traction. And now after being on the market for one week, we’ve already had 4 showings, and one offer. This ball is moving much faster than we thought.

 

We started before we were ready, because it was clear, that was the only way that we would ever get ready.

 

We started before we were ready, because we aren’t sure what the end destination is, and while we aren’t making these choices blindly or lightly, there is too much that we cannot control, or predict.

We have to decide each morning to step forward.

We have to step forward even though fear creeps in.

We have to step forward despite the discomfort, the unknown, and the fear.

 

I once heard someone say there’s a reason that great change and great success are called “ breaking through the glass ceiling, you can’t make great change and impact without getting cut.”

 

While there are both mental and physical bruises ( I felt a need to move all of the furniture in the house by myself) I have faith that the reward will far outweigh the pain.

What have is holding you back, and what is one step that you can take to moving forward?

 

Want to take a leap yourself? One book that helped to change my thinking about decision making was The Desire Map by Danielle Laporte.

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