Picture this:
You’re moving into your brand new house, the house you’ve been dreaming about since forever ago, the house that you worked your butt off to be able to afford, that you spent months eating nothing but ramen so you could save up enough for the downpayment.
Would you take your ratty old sofa that was a hand-me-down from your second cousin, that came complete with the chewed up arm rests because she never bothered to train her dogs, that has cushions so floopy and soggy that you can feel the splinters in the boards beneath poking you through them?
Or would you perhaps look for a new sofa – not necessarily the most expensive one, but one that seems less out of place inside your beautiful new home?

You don’t have to answer that.
We both know Shelly’s old sofa is sitting on the curb right now.

Now, hear me when I say this:
Some of the people who are currently in your life are that ratty old sofa.

Some of the people who are currently in your life are not meant to go with you when you move into your new timeline because they would be out of place in your new reality.

Imagine for a second that you’ve decided to leave your old party-till-dawn lifestyle behind and go back to school to get the degree you need to further your career.
Would you still have time to hang out with those friends you used to go clubbing with on a Tuesday?
Or would you be so busy hitting those books that you didn’t have time to shower on a Tuesday night, let alone hang out at the club until the lights came on and Security politely asked you to get the hell out of their establishment?

When you begin moving into your new timeline, things from your life suddenly begin to feel ‘off’ – your interest in some of your old enjoyments begins to wane and they lose their appeal, your desires and goals start to shift and the old customs and habits no longer feel stimulating, even your interactions with certain people begin to feel hollow and you can tell deep down that the vibe just isn’t the same.
And the reason this happens is because you’re no longer resonating at the same frequency, so the energy which once attracted you to those people and things no longer exists, and your new energy begins to repel them instead.

Think of yourself as a magnet.
Whatever energy you give off is the energy that you’ll attract, so if someone’s energy no longer aligns with your vibrational frequency, the connection disappears.

A common example is when a relationship ends.
People wonder “How did two people who seemed so perfectly matched end up drifting so far apart?”
On the outside, it can look like one person was ready for parenthood while the other wasn’t, or one wanted to continue travelling to exotic places while the other morphed into a homebody.
But in reality, it’s usually because one of them stepped into a new timeline to which their partner was unable / unwilling to travel, so the cohesive energy which initially drew them together ceased to exist, leading to a chasm forming between them.

And this distance doesn’t only form between romantic partners.
That separation and repelling of energies can happen with anyone in your life, whether they be family, friends, neighbors, or the barista at your favorite cafe who suddenly begins to rub you the wrong way for no apparent reason, and instead of pausing to chat with her like you normally would, you find yourself wishing that she’d just give you your damned mocha-matcha-frappa-dappy-doo and let you be on your way.

But that’s okay.

Not everyone is meant to have a permanent seat at your boardroom table.

Some people will sit on your board of directors and help you to grow the enterprise that is You into an enviable empire. Some people are silent investors, and offer the privilege and assurance of their backing without needing a seat on the board of directors. And some people are merely consultants who come into your life to guide you through a specific objective at a specific time.

And in the same way that you wouldn’t put a consultant on a company’s payroll just to keep them around after they’ve completed the job they were hired to do, you shouldn’t try to hold on to relationships that no longer serve you just because you feel bad to let them go.

Keeping the wrong people in your life will only block the right people from getting a seat at the table, and I promise you that letting go is never the exercise in strife that we imagine it.
In fact, I can tell you from personal experience that once you begin moving into your new timeline, you find that you no longer have as much in common with them because their energy, their desires, and their goals no longer align with yours, and those relationships begin to dissolve organically.

So, your ‘homework’ for the next two weeks is to honestly and objectively evaluate the people who are currently sitting on your board of directors, and see who deserves to be in that boardroom.
And if someone is unqualified to sit at that table with you, don’t be afraid to walk away from that relationship comfortable in the knowledge that you’re doing what’s best for your future self.

And now, to end today’s post, I’m going to share my choices for the
Top 10 Quotes about Letting Go and Walking Away.

Until next time,