01/31/08

Let Go!

Often times the reason that we can not move forward in our quest to achieve our dreams is because we can not let go! What are you holding onto that you need to let go off? Some of you may be saying. I am not holding onto anything, but when asked the right question you may find that you are actually stuck in an area and you weren't even aware of it?
Don't you want to find out if you are hindering your progress?

At one of my book signings for my thought-provoking book, Knuggets of Knowledge to Get Unstuck, a woman informed me that she was retired, enjoying her life and had no area in her life where she was stuck. In otherwords, there was no area in her life where she needed to let go of anything. She informed me that she was purchasing my book to just support me. I smiled inside.

Weeks later this woman contacted me and told me that to her surprise she found an area she was stuck...and it was in the beginning of the book. She said she had no idea she was stuck in this area. I shared this story to show that many of us are stuck in areas that we are unaware we are stuck in. Or we may be aware but afraid to let go.

At the end of each chapter in my book, I have provided exercises, or questions, that will help you dig deep to bring up issues that you may not have been aware were still an issue for you.
Letting go of our mental or emotional barriers, and our hindering beliefs does not mean that we are going to loose self. In order for us to grow we have to constantly let go of something. On the first day of kindergarten, you had to let go of your mommy or daddy's hand and join all the other scared children in the big classroom. It may have been a scary experience for you, but eventually you got over it. First time I went ice skating, I went around the ice rink-- holding onto the side for dear life! My family and friends, were eventually able to pry my hands from the rail and drag me around with them, but I never let go of the side mentally. To this day, when I go ice skating or roller skating, I am still cautiously skating very, very close to the side, because I never mentally let go.

When you don't mentally or emotionally let go of past hurts, challenges, issues, or people, you don't allow yourself the opportunity to grow forward, so that you can learn and experience new things.
I envy people that can wiz around the rollerskating rink. I would love to be able to do that. But I never allowed myself the opportunity to not only physically let go of the side, but mentally and emotionally let go of the side. Maybe one day I'll do that.

Ask yourself these simple questions:
1. What area in my life do I want to move forward?
2. Why do I want to move forward in this area?
3. Is there anything or anyone that I am allowing to keep me from moving forward?
4. Is there someone I need to forgive?
5. Is there a belief I need to let go of?
I could ask you more questions but those will do for now.

Don't allow your past hurts and mental barriers to anchor you to the past. It will give you a false sense of moving forward. In other words, when you anchor a boat, it will drift, but only so far. When your mind is anchored to hurt, and debilitating beliefs you can move forward, but you are only going to go so far.

Whatever it is you need to let go of -- let go!

Let 2008 be the year that you achieve great strides towards your dreams.

As a life coach, I want to help you. Give me a call at 813-343-4112 to schedule a 30 minute complimentary coaching consultation, you will be surprised how with the right questions, I can support you in starting to get unstuck in an area...in just 30 minutes.

Or you can purchase my book, which will also be like your own personal self-coaching session (it will also make a nice Christmas gift), visit www.DivineDiscipline.com or www.Amazon.com to purchase a copy of Knuggets of Knowledge to Get Unstuck.

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