It’s Never Too Late.. Are You Sticking Or Twisting?

In the Game Of Life – are you ‘sticking’ or ‘twisting’?

Sometimes we stick with the ‘status quo’ because we think it’s ‘too late’ to do something different. Maybe we think “I’m too old” “I should’ve done …. when I left College/University” “I can’t change my job I’ve been doing it too long” “I’ve invested too much to stop doing it now”  “My family wouldn’t be happy if I left to…..” “I’m not happy in this relationship but we’ve been together too long for me to leave…” etc…

Maybe we feel obliged to continue doing something we aren’t happy with because we feel obliged or feel that we would be letting someone else down.

I’ve certainly felt those sort of things in the past and stuck doing things for too long. We once had our own Upholstery business. My husband was a brilliant craftsman but we were competing with large stores like DFS who offered 4 years interest free credit. Society had changed – people no longer wanted ‘long lasting furniture’, we were competing with the ‘throw away’ society too..

However, having invested so much time and capital into the business, it felt like we should carry on…. flogging the dead horse.. We felt ‘obligated’ to continue and ‘feared’ about what we would do if we gave it up…

In the end, we did close down the business, we lost our capital investment… We had held on for too long to something we needed to let go of, because we feared it was ‘too late to start all over again from scratch’…

It wasn’t, we were wrong…  it was possible to start over and life improved as a result, once we simply ‘let go’… We felt the ‘fear’ and ‘did it anyway’ and we learned some important lessons in our Game of Life… 

Sometimes, we have to take a ‘gamble’ and ask for a new card, when those around us may tell us to ‘stick’…

Life continues and there are always options and opportunities to be discovered along our journey through life in our search for the Ace in our pack…

Don’t get ‘stuck in a rut’ or give up on leading the life you dream of because you feel it’s too late – it never is!

Recently, I’ve made a significant change in my life. I no longer feel that sense of ‘obligation’ or of doing things because ‘I feel I should’… I’ve taken a leap of faith and boy does it feel good!

Life is too short to be stuck doing the things you don’t enjoy or don’t make you happy.. Sometimes we simply need to ‘twist’ and ask for a different card!

You’ll be surprised at the opportunities that suddenly appear when the door is ‘closed’ behind you.. A new door always opens.. There’s always another game to be played even when we may feel we’ve ‘lost it all’..

 It really is never too late to live life in alignment with our beliefs, our values and our hearts desire…

Listen to your heart