Let me talk about breakdowns….
Because I’ve just worked my way through one…
A breakdown can look a million different ways, it can be a crying fit into your pillow. It can be a sobbing call on the phone with a friend. It can be silently on one of your walks or during an exercise routine….
Really there are too many ways to list. But they usually come when it’s most inconvenient ?
And a lot of people really really don’t care for this feeling. They HATE it. They want to keep it all together. They want to hold it all in. Pretend nothing is wrong.
Except…
This is the way through change.
Every year the flower wilts so a new one can be born in the spring.
Every year the leaves fall off the trees so, again, new leaves can flourish in the spring.
If the trees held onto their old leaves there would be no place for the new leaves to grow.
If the seeds just wanted to try and get last years flower to grow again they would be trying awfully hard to do that…
We NEED to let go of our old self to become a new one.
We need to let our old emotions fall away.
We need to let our old belief systems shift into new ones.
We need to change with the seasons of our lives.
Many many ppl are out there walking around still holding onto their beliefs they learned in high school. Or not willing to forgive an old girlfriend or boyfriend.
Or they still just hang on to past ‘stuff’ they are not willing to part with because of the memories.
You are not going to lose your memories even if you let go of the old shirt. Or the old cassette tape.
Some stuff, I agree, is worth keeping.
But ONLY if it is still serving you in your life. If it still brings you love, peace, happiness, joy….
If it speaks to the essence of who you are as a person you can continue to carry it.
But if it weighs you down, literally and figuratively, it’s time to let go….
Breakdowns are not bad, actually if you let yourself go through them they are actually kinda amazing. Because on the other side is the breakthrough.
You get to look at your life, walk through your life with a whole new mindset.
You don’t have to carry around all that baggage.
Right now, this year and for the last few years we have been going through some serious shifting. So LET yourself break down… let it be whatever it needs to be. Let it be messy.
Because on the other side it’s going to be nothing but amazing…
This is the journey. Continuing to break down and continuing to breakthrough…
It’s the way we grow, it’s our natural cycle.
It doesn’t have to be messy every time. But let it be if it wants to be. Somethings need to get messy – like an artist in the studio, and somethings can be shifted with such grace and flow.
Go be the creator of your life. But just know if your stuck in writers block. Or you haven’t turned the page on your story …. maybe it’s about time you did.
I promise you’ll feel a whole lot better if you do