Forget “Careful”- Be CLEAR on What You Wish For

You’ve all heard it said at least once in your life:  be careful what you wish for.  What I’ve learned over the past few weeks, however, is that wishing for something is less about caution and more about clarity.  And maybe that’s actually what was meant when the adage was first pronounced.

You see, several days ago I declared an intention — namely, to release from my life all that wasn’t serving me in terms of beliefs, baggage, etc;.  It’s been fun, for the most part, as I’ve allowed limiting beliefs and ideas come to the surface and let them go.  What I’d forgotten, however, is that all emotional and spiritual “stuff” in our lives does have a physical complement.  So as I’ve been having fun letting go of stuff emotionally, what I’ve had to put up with is a physical purging as well.  Not quite as much fun — and, it is what it is.

The perspective I’m choosing to stand in as my stomach experiences these gut-wrenching (literally) pangs is that all of this “letting go” is serving me well.  I will come out on the other side of this experience feeling better overall.  And in the meantime, all I’ve got to say is “Ouch.”  And note to self:  sometimes what’s good for me doesn’t feel so great.  You gotta love life’s paradoxes.