How Do You Know When It Is Time to Move On?

The first Year my Husband and I lived together in our apartment it was great, time really did just seem to flow by.  We really never knew if we would ever leave where we lived, we talked about it here and there- there was always something in the way blocking us.  Not the right price, the right location, the right timing and of course having to be able to let go completely, from where we are to where we want to be.

We have lived in very small quarters for some time now.  We started accumulating great things, furniture, lamps, pictures to hang on the wall-we loved our place, love still our time together though now have to think to ourself?  If we do not make a move now, will we ever?  We looked at places before, some not our style, some out of our reach, until now we collectively and completley feel that we are finally ready to let go and move forward.

Some people say, "Oh moving is merely a magical geographical cure".  Sure there will always be issues, although we tend to work through issues together willingly, we now know it is time to move ahead and on with our lives.

We love the town we live in and are actually very successful here and both thriving!  Me with my books and my awesome partner with his remarkable art.  We have met some very sweet, caring and encouraging people.  We had to be sure on what we wanted.  ONE, we want to be close to his Mother and Father as they are an incredible part of our lives, along with his Brother and Wife.  We know what we can afford and what kind of place we are looking for.  We had to be ready to just say "Well it is either move forward, onward and upward-or stay stagnent".

How do you get ready to move freely in a spiritual sense?  One of you may not be ready to move on, one may find this great location and is ready to jump full on in.  In the end it has to suit you both, both your needs and wants and desires.  You have to be willing and ready to say goodbye to a place you called home, have memories of, have neighbours you have to be ready to say goodbye to.  They too have to "I believe" be ready to let go and say goodbye to you.

This was a fantastic place that we called home for a long time, we watched numerous hockey games cheering for our team the first couple years.  Last winter, we hardly got excited about our favourite team The Leafs even if they were winning.  Where prior we would cheer win, loose our draw!  We were becoming stagnant, although making leaps in our career we decided it was time to have more for us, something bigger, something different, something that suited both of us.  My husband is devuldged in his art and really has no place to paint and create-although his pieces of art are out of this world-extaordinary, he needs a place to have for himself just for him to create his great masterpieces.  As well, I feel stuck in a corner and being a writer, the juices just haven't been flowing through the finger tips as they once did.  When we first came here, I wrote fourteen books, my husband doing the illustrations.  Now, feeling stuck and not in a frame or position to write, I too need something spacious to continue with my career.

We have had good days and bad days.  WE had to think to ourselves, can I come home to this place for another winter or even year or to readily move on?  It really does have to work for both parties or all parties involved; all ready to put the past behind and say hello to something new, something that will help you blossom and flourish being ready for the unknown. 

You may hear too, people say; "Oh why do you want to move" etc, remember this is your choice, only you know how you feel in the place you call home, only you know how you feel amongst that energy and vibration that you are surrounded by. 

We were not frantically looking for a place, we knew if it was meant to be, given the oportunity at the right time, knowing timing is everything, then it would happen!  You just have to say, well here we go, here we grow, hold your breath, hold hands and make that leap into a new chapter! 

No one knows exactly what the next day holds, of course we know that  "YES" we have to go to work, or have to go to school, or have to watch the kids, etc.  What if for a full year, everyday on your travels to your place of employment you got a flat tire, "how long would it take for you to choose either an alternate route or a different job".  Some people may put up with it for a little while, but when it is time you know-in this case your flat tire knows.

What we initially had to do was to listen to our primal gut instinct, while keeping our options open!  Every place comes with there share of challenges.  Knowing that nothing is, or ever will be perfect, listening to our heart of hearts, trusting our gut instinct and intuition-that is when you know it is time to move forward. While letting go of the past and to just get on with it!

You can be wanting to move on from a relationship, leaving home to go off to College, moving in with a friend, wanting to have a baby, taking a subject that interests you, or choosing a career.  Take your time if you are choosing whatever path you would like to take; rash decisions never turn out for the good.  Think, what will I gain spiritually, emotionally, economically or even physically.  If you are gaining in all these areas, then that too is when you know it is time to move ahead, the universe will take it upon  itself and make it happen, just in the right order,  timing and place!

I had to turn down an amazing oportunity last week.  It would have been a great oportunity for me.  I turned it down for reasons of my own, timing really essentially.  Now I am on the cusp of moving in a few short months.  If I had agreed to the oportunity at hand, there would have been way to many demands on my plate with a moving coming up shortly, I wouldn't be able to move forward.  Everything has to sit right in your stomach, trusting that we are "protected" and allowing ourselves to say goodbye to a place you once called HOME! 

You will know by your thoughts, beliefs and feelings that this is either the time to move ahead or a time to sit on it for a few more months.  Learn to become aware of your thoughts, beliefs and feelings when deciding on a change.  Let the universe guide you towards the right path, circumstance and place.  The universe is never wrong, so if it is meant to be, plain and simple it will be!   It may not always be easy, things may come up that you were not prepared for, just know that the Universe is guiding you in ways you will never know, most likely to the greatness that you hold within! 

Think of it this way....You wouldn't want to wear the same jeans or skirt that you once wore in Grade 11, being that you have grown from that phase of your life....It most likely wouldn't suit or even fit you.  The same is true for your environment, sometimes your place just doesn't suit or FIT you any longer- In that case; get your boxes ready, and look forward to that new place, just as you would a new pair of shoes, get excited to wear that new fitting pair of shoes that just knocks your socks off!

If the shoe fits; you wear it, when they wear out, you find a new pair!  Some shoes last a lifetime, some for only a season and some for just a few years, dare to wear a new and exciting pair of shoes when the timing is right, spiritually, emotionally and physically and economically-GOOD LUCK!  xxoo