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ut you feel guilty: You feel like it’s not ok to just pour the soda out, so you continue to take tiny, torturous sips of the cup that never seems to empty.</p><h2 id="6f4b">What do you truly want?</h2><p id="4f8f">We’ve all done this. We hold onto what we’ve been dealt and begrudgingly accept it, instead of making space for what we truly want. Sometimes we’re so focused on the undesirable contents of our cups that we don’t even realize that the stream of freshwater is literally <i>right there.</i></p><p id="a91d">How long will you allow what you want to float right by you until you take to your senses and toss—or worst-case, hold your nose and quickly swallow what’s occupying your cup?</p><p id="d4d3" type="7">If you want to reach out for something new, you must first let go of what’s in your hand.</p><p id="b73b">This quote by Sonia Choquette very simply reiterates my metaphor. You have no space in your han

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d to grab what you want until you let go of what’s there.</p><h2 id="581c">What do you need to let go of?</h2><p id="a12d">What’s occupying <i>your</i> cup and keeping you from drinking what nourishes you? In which areas of your life are you holding onto something that no longer serves you because you’re too scared to let it go. Which opportunities or changes for the better are you letting pass by you due to your fears of letting go?</p><p id="56ee">We wouldn’t show up to a promising dinner party with a full belly. We wouldn’t go fruit picking with a full basket. And we shouldn’t show up for life without the ability to harness what it has to offer us.</p><p id="940c">Are you ready to take the plunge and toss out the sticky soda to make space for that reviving fresh water? Are you ready to transform yourself into a clear and empty vessel for the things you truly want? What’s stopping you?</p></article></body>

Make space for what you want

Imagine that you are thirsting for freshwater, but your cup is filled with a sticky, sugary soda that won’t quench your thirst. The thought of drinking the soda is making you sick, and your fiending for the refreshing feeling of energizing mountain water.

There’s a clear stream floating right next to you, and you could easily reach out and fill your cup. But you feel guilty: You feel like it’s not ok to just pour the soda out, so you continue to take tiny, torturous sips of the cup that never seems to empty.

What do you truly want?

We’ve all done this. We hold onto what we’ve been dealt and begrudgingly accept it, instead of making space for what we truly want. Sometimes we’re so focused on the undesirable contents of our cups that we don’t even realize that the stream of freshwater is literally right there.

How long will you allow what you want to float right by you until you take to your senses and toss—or worst-case, hold your nose and quickly swallow what’s occupying your cup?

If you want to reach out for something new, you must first let go of what’s in your hand.

This quote by Sonia Choquette very simply reiterates my metaphor. You have no space in your hand to grab what you want until you let go of what’s there.

What do you need to let go of?

What’s occupying your cup and keeping you from drinking what nourishes you? In which areas of your life are you holding onto something that no longer serves you because you’re too scared to let it go. Which opportunities or changes for the better are you letting pass by you due to your fears of letting go?

We wouldn’t show up to a promising dinner party with a full belly. We wouldn’t go fruit picking with a full basket. And we shouldn’t show up for life without the ability to harness what it has to offer us.

Are you ready to take the plunge and toss out the sticky soda to make space for that reviving fresh water? Are you ready to transform yourself into a clear and empty vessel for the things you truly want? What’s stopping you?