There are times in life when the road becomes clear although stepping onto it requires never going back. Scary, scary, scary. And yet, once the choice is made there is more relief than fear. I've found this to be true each time I've stretched into a new business or jumped into the unknown.
It's true with people and characters too. The characters we love to read about and, as authors the ones we create, who we take into our hearts and our lives who nurture us and comfort us in good times and in bad, when we need them most, can change our perspective, add to our lives or simply entertain us while we live in their world a while. Those who don't add to our lives are easily discarded.
With people, it's a little more complicated. But the same principal applies, I think. Villains are great in stories. They act as a foil for the hero, shining a light on the hero's best qualities, while making them stronger. Villains are even helpful in life when they help us achieve something wonderful we didn't think we were otherwise capable of achieving. They are not useful when they offer nothing of value, serve only to hurt, and cannot be redeemed no matter how much goodwill we may offer. Sometimes villains have to die.
Sometimes when situations or people serve only the negative they need to go. So, having jumped into that unknown place, I do so without regret and with much releif. Good-bye villain. Time to start a new story without you. Hello all of you characters who add to this story in positive ways.
Spring seems to bring the need for cleaning house, physically, mentally and spiritually. Part of that is re-evaluating how our time and energy is spent. Here's to making tomorrow more productive and healthy by leaving all that no longer serves behind today.Here's to welcoming the beautiful world of possibility and leaving the land of doom-on-you.
So my friends, what would you lose if you could and what would you most like see walk into your life?
Moving forward always,
Leigh
