“‘… think of your life as a crowded pantry shelf. To make room for anything else you would have to remove from that shelf something you wanted less,’ is another favorite Elsie Benedict quote. She adds,  the Law of Compensation states, ‘if you want something you haven’t got, merely take off the shelf something you already have, and make room for the newer and better and more desired thing.’

Well, it’s true. Two forms of matter cannot occupy the same space. If your ‘pantry shelf’ is littered with doubt, fear, confusion, chaos, frustration, debt, anger, worry, sadness, looniness or something else to make room for the new desires you must remove these. It means you must be willing to let go of and release any attachment to your old way of being so you can begin to live the new way. Let it go.

You don’t have to fight or force the unwanted things to go away, you simply stop giving them energy. You refuse to let them occupy space inside you. You stop feeding the weeds. If you remove the life energy from them, they will wither away on their own. Your job is to nurture the good you desire. Feed the flowers. In letting go of the things you fight and don’t want; you make room for the better things.

Replace fear with courage. Replace sadness with joy. Replay doubt with certainty. Replace laziness with action. Replace negativity with positivity. Replace worry with optimism. Replace hate with love. Get it? Replace indecision with decisiveness. Make room for the good you want in your life. ‘If it is to be, it is up to me.’ Create positive space within. Nurture and encourage goodness.

Appreciate and feel grateful for all. Life is a gift. The ability to become aware of what prevents you and release it is a gift. It will come through discomfort. When the shoe fits you don’t notice it, but when it is too tight, and blisters form you do. It is through the discomfort and challenges our opportunities present themselves. Our troubles are gifts to become conscious, aware, awake and to transform. Be grateful for this and grateful for all. Get it? Celebrate everything!” Rex Sikes