Over the weekend my husband, Matt, replaced one of our toilets.
The process took longer than expected because the previous owner, Garrett had done something weird with one of the valves.
Freaking Garrett!
This is what we say when we discover something screwy in our house that Garrett did when he lived here. As we were laughing about it, it occurred to me that Garrett takes up more space in our lives than he should.
I also realized that part of me detaches from our home when “Freakin Garrett” comes into play. There’s a sense that our toilet should not be like this.
It’s almost as if there is another timeline where my house doesn’t have weird valves (or light switches that turn nothing on – true story) and I’m waiting to jump to that timeline but Garrett keeps getting in the way.
And then it hit me … Patty is this YOUR toilet! Any issues related to this toilet and this house belong to me (and Matt.)
There is no other version of this house and that is just fine because we love this house.
Once I let that sink in a resistance I had been holding to … I don’t know what… dropped away. It was like a little part of me had been wondering “Where is our real house? The one without issues freaking Garrett caused.” That thought kept me from being in full relationship with this home.
It is hard to put into words why this shift feels so profound but it has brought me a tremendous sense of peace and lightness.
Here is the takeaway I want you to get from it…
The same thing I did with my home, most of us do with our lives.
We exist in a state of waiting for a version of our life that doesn’t exist. It looks like this. Once I …
- Have that job
- Have that baby
- Have that money
- Have that house
- Lose that weight
- Lose that debt
- Get through the holidays
I will _________________________ (fill in the blank.)
It’s as if the life you are supposed to have is better or different and if you can just wait until that better/different arrives then you will finally feel settled/happy/on purpose. But what you are really doing is waiting for life to start when in reality…
THIS is your life. Receive it, exactly as it is. The waiting is over!
I know it may feel like if you accept the parts of your life that are less than perfect it will dull the edges of your experience but the exact opposite is true. You will be amazed at the sparkle of magic that opens up in your life.
Once you let go of the Ghost of Something Better that haunts your life you will move out of a state of waiting. Once that happens Josie, watch out! The future you’ve been dreaming about will start to manifest quicker than you could imagine!
Happy Sunday!
Patty
P.S. On Wednesday I’m hosting my free workshop – Become a Gifting Goddess. It literally has nothing to do with this email but I wanted to tell you that story and also I wanted to remind you that you can register for the workshop so here we are … in this non sequitur of a post script. You can register for the workshop here:)
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