Is Clutter Stopping Your Abundance?

Imagine yourself, right now, with a tennis ball in your dominant hand (if you have a tennis ball handy, try this for real...the experience will be much more powerful that way).

Next, squeeze the tennis ball as tightly as you can.

Now hold it that way.

Keep holding it.

Yes, keep going.

Still squeezing?

Focus! (I noticed your mind was starting to wander a bit.)

Keep holding on to that tennis ball, and count to 30.

...28, 29, 30...

Starting to get a bit tired?

OK...let go of the tennis ball. Whew!

Now notice how your hand feels. Feel all those tingles? And your forearm probably feels a bit numb by now. You may even have a bit of a headache.

All for a simple exercise of squeezing one little tennis ball. You're constricting the blood flow, tightening your muscles, and blocking your energy from being available for anything else.

That's exactly what happens in your life when you hold on tightly to ANYTHING.

And I do mean anything.

You may be holding on tightly to stuff in your closet that no longer lifts your energy ("but I may need it someday").

You might be holding on tightly to a particular person in your life, even if that person is not truly supportive of you.

You might be holding on to beliefs that are outdated, thoughts that cause you pain, or stress that is keeping you up at night.

And when you hold on tightly, you completely stop the flow of abundance.

When you hold on tightly, you are telling the universe that you don't trust it to provide what you need.

So even if you're doing affirmation after affirmation after affirmation about increasing your wealth, or using the Law of Attraction to focus on what you want, or putting all of your efforts into creating more for yourself, by holding on tightly you are not allowing that abundance to come into your life.

The easiest way to open up the flow for all the good to come into your life is to simply let go.

Notice where you are holding on tightly.

Listen to what you say...whenever you hear yourself defending why you're keeping something, you can be sure it's clutter. Anytime you hear yourself giving a list of reasons for keeping something, that's clutter too.

Otherwise, you'd simply say you love it, with no need to defend it. :)

So notice where you are holding on tightly, and practice letting go.

You will be just fine.

And the act of letting go (although not always so easy to DO) will open up the flow of abundance in your life.

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