My Guides were teaching me a life-changing lesson. I was learning about energy–”The Law of Attraction”–how to make myself a magnet for Good. But I didn’t know this at the time. All I knew was that I felt different, that something within me had shifted. Somehow I was aware that the physical act of cleaning meant much more than what was apparent at the surface. I realized that by inviting light into every room of my house, I was initiating a conversation with the universe. I was saying, “OK Spirit, I’m really serious about this now. I’m ready to invite light into every area of my life.”
There was a connection between what was happening around me and what was happening within me. And Spirit had given me a metaphor, so I would be able to piece the puzzle together. Cleaning my home–getting every room of my house in order–was symbolic of the cleansing that was taking place deep inside my soul. I felt compelled to let go of every old thing I owned, because I was no longer willing to hold onto old, useless energy of any kind. I needed to change the energy of my home to reflect and support my changing vibration, to consciously make it lighter.
This was a very challenging time for me. Letting go of old papers and magazines was one thing. But that was only the beginning of the letting go process, the easy part. I needed to say “goodbye” to all forms of negativity, which meant that I also needed to let go of negative people. I had to sever long-term relationships that no longer served me–the ones that weren’t feeding my soul.
This wasn’t something I wanted to do. In fact, I wanted to hide under a rock. How was I supposed to let go of people who had been in my life for years and years? How was I supposed to explain that they couldn’t be in my life anymore? What was I supposed to tell them? The truth? That they were spiritually, emotionally and physically draining me?
The last thing I wanted to do was hurt people. On the other hand, was it right to continue hurting myself? At some point I realized that honoring my truth meant that there was no longer room for negative people in my life, that loving myself meant letting them go.
