Letting go can be a challenge for most of us.

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Whether it is letting go of an object, a career, or a partner.

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Most humans like to hold on to things.

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It can be a challenge for us to release something we value.

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Even if we treasure something merely because we have had it for a long time.

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We often grow attached to things that have been in our lives for a long time.

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There is a comfort in knowing that the piece of furniture is always in our living room.

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Or that the office we have been going to for years is still there for us.

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And especially when it is a partner, spouse, lover, or family member who has been in our lives for as long as we can remember.

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To have to deal with that sudden whole when their presence is no longer there for us, can be quite difficult.

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The change it causes in our life can be uncomfortable.

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Perhaps we are used to sitting in a certain spot in the room.

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Or to the routine we have developed to be efficient at our job or business.

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And the most difficult of all is losing the emotional support and connection of a loved one.

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Change does not wait for us to be ready.

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It is not timed to happen at the perfect moment.

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Chaos comes for us when we least expect it and in the way we never would have imagined.

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Yet when we are in the throws of change it would serve us to remember that when something is gone it makes room for something else to come in.

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The letting go of an object makes room for a new object to some into our environment.

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Leaving a job or business makes rooms for a new venture in our life.

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Honoring the passing or disconnection from a loved one leaves room in our lives for someone new to come in.

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If nature abhors a vacuum then that whole we feel in our hearts will soon be filled by someone else.

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That extra time in our day will be filled with new activities.

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And that cherished piece of furniture will be replaced with something better.

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Changes to our environment, whether physical, mental, emotional or spiritual, help us to grow.

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To see where our internal work is.

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And pushes us to learn, adapt, and change ourselves.

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Just as a plant must continually be growing or it dies.

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So to, we must welcome the things we lose in life so we can continue to grow and evolve ourselves.

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We cannot stay in a safe comfort world if we are to become something more.

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Challenges are the fuel that feeds our spirit to become more.

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Form the littlest to the greatest challenge, they are all here to serve us.

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So when we lose something, anything, we value, it is time to prepare for something new.

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The unexpected keeps us open to the new possibilities of life.

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And letting go is merely an opportunity to bring something new into our lives.

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So is there something you have been holding on to that it is time to let go of?

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What can you do to see a loss as an opportunity for growth?

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~ Sam Liebowitz, The Conscious Consultant

Host of The Conscious Consultant Hour