Take a few quiet moments to reflect today, asking yourself:

“Is there something in my life that needs to die?”

Consider old beliefs, habits, or ways of being you’ve outgrown, relationships that do not enhance your happiness or peace, thought patterns that lead in that same old circle of doubt or frustration.

Ask your heart:

“What is there in me that needs to die?” and let an answer come to you.

Let your awareness rest on that belief, relationship or pattern and feel how deeply it is woven into your life.

Express your gratitude to it for bringing you to this place in your life.

Imagine letting it go, letting it die, letting it gently dissolve away.

This is an exercise in feeling, so there is no need to analyze this or figure out how it is going to happen.

Simply allow the body to soften, imagine releasing this outworn, outgrown, perhaps weary part of your life.

As you feel it slowly dissolve away, send it your blessing and remind yourself:

“I allow the flow of emotions in myself and others. I let the past be as it was. I welcome love’s unfolding in my life.”

Repeat these phrases throughout the day when you feel yourself frustrated or challenged: “I allow the flow of emotions in myself and others. I let the past be as it was. I welcome love’s unfolding in my life.”

Melanie Hack
Author of Who Killed My Sister, My friend
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