We’ve all probably heard or spoken the phrase, “Tie up loose ends.” When you think about the loose ends in your life right now, what comes to mind? What’s open?

Consider further, which openings are most at the forefront of your mind; which are more at a distance? When you think of those you’re most aware of, how would you categorize them? Spiritual, mental, emotional, behavioral, circumstantial, and/or relational? Are they present realities or things from your personal history?

Loose ends have this way of slowing us down and even keeping us stuck. When we think about living our best stories, our ongoing decision to tie up the loose ends in our lives serves us profoundly. Think for a second if everything on your to-do list alone was handled. How would you feel? What would you do next?

I talked recently with a friend who’s had a major work commitment these past few months. Above and beyond are words to describe what was needed and how she showed up. Now that the season has passed, she told me she’s recognizing how much time she has to get back to other valuable activities. That’s a great feeling, isn’t it? To have margin again? To find that your energy can be repurposed in directions that bring you life?

When I talk about closing the openings in our lives, this is exactly the opportunity we can step into by choice. But at times, we really don’t have an awareness of the openings that might be affecting us most—those that are often in the background of our lives. The openings I’m talking about are the beliefs we hold about ourselves, others, and the world around us. When these beliefs are out of alignment with truth, they steal so much from us.

Think about it … Every single time you buy into a lie in your life, you create another opening—another loose end because lies have this way of keeping us spinning, unable to find solid ground. The more we live with that lie as the truth, the greater the opening grows as it strips health, energy and capacity, hope, love, goodness, and yes, even time, away from you and me. If we take this metaphor further, consider that every lie you’ve ever believed that hasn’t been dealt with is leaving you bare and exposed. Every single day. What a picture.

These experiences show up in our lives looking like anxiety, exhaustion, fear, control, overwhelm, addiction, anger, workaholism, co-dependency, and so much more. We cover up the root with symptoms/behaviors that ultimately cause us a lot of heartache. I don’t really believe that any one of us mean to get entangled, to be entrapped, by heavy things like lies. But over time, these lies that are masking themselves as truth weigh us down. And these openings will continue to grow and mess with us in greater ways until they’re closed.

What would your life look like if you could close these types of openings? If you could tie up these loose ends? I for one know, from personal experience, that we’d all be like my friend after a full season of work, taking a deep breath, amazed by the amount of newfound margin we’ve gained. When we choose to deal with the beliefs that are harmful in our lives, we heal for real. When we heal for real, we each set ourselves into a position to more fully live our purpose. To me, this is some of the greatest motivation to keep doing the work in my own life. A bonus? As we close these openings, we literally stop drawing the same types of circumstances and people to us because, we’re no longer open to them. More on that soon, but let that sit with you for a while.

Ready to take some new steps forward to look at your beliefs and tie up some loose ends? I will show you how. It’s a practical, eye-opening, encouraging process. Get registered for Breakthrough Beliefs and on March 23, 2021 you will begin the personal journey to close those openings! Which hey, gives you a few weeks to tie up any scheduling loose ends so you’ll be ready to start! Win-win! :)

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