Day 111: The “But” That’s Keeping You Stuck

You’ve been reading these daily emails.

Maybe you’ve done the daily practice each day.


Maybe sometimes.


Maybe not at all.

You’re ready to take in the information when it’s your time to receive it.

Whether that’s today or next year.

There will come a time when it calls to you and your inner voice says,
“Let’s go back and look at this with fresh eyes and really take it in.”

And when you do, things will begin to shift.

I hope that’s happening for you now.

The thing is, it’s human nature to say, “but…”

That “but” is where you give yourself a list of all the reasons this is for someone else, but not for you.

What you’ve been through is different.


What you’re going through is different.


People don’t understand what you’ve been scarred by.


No one sees the pieces you’ve been left to put back together.

All of that may be true.

And those are the exact reasons this has come into your life right now.

Look at this as part of your daily spiritual practice.

Or the beginning of one, if you’ve never had one before.

Spirituality isn’t something that happens to you.

It’s something you uncover.

Something that has always been inside of you, waiting.

It’s your intuition.
Your inner voice.
Your knowing.


Your peace that goes beyond understanding.

You may have said in the past that you aren’t a spiritual person.

But it’s not something out there that you label.

It’s an integral part of you.

Waiting.

It’s the part of you that can help you move through all those “buts.”

It’s the part that will hold you and support you when you feel like you can’t do this on your own.

Because you aren’t meant to do it on your own.

You’re meant to allow that part of you to be there for you.

Listen to your inner voice.

Let your mind loosen its grip on needing to figure everything out.

Let go of always being in survival mode because something happened, and now you don’t trust yourself or the world anymore.

Let go.

Let your emotional frequency do what it does without interference.

Allow yourself to be happy.

Allow yourself the grace to begin again.

Allow the world to show you the good it can bring.

Allow yourself to co-create what you desire from a place of love, hope, and trust.

Learning to trust yourself again, really trust, takes stepping out and taking a chance.

There’s no other way.

There is no way to rebuild trust in yourself or anyone else if you never give it a chance.

If you aren’t willing to take a chance on yourself, there’s nowhere to go.

You have to be open.

You have to allow something to be different.

That’s how you move forward.

That’s how you get to the place where the things you’ve dreamed about start to feel possible.

Take a small risk.

A baby step.

See what happens.

When a baby learns to walk, it falls.

It cries.

Then it pulls itself up and tries again.

Over and over.

It uses whatever is there.


A sofa.
A step.
A person’s leg.

And then one day, something shifts.

It takes a step.

Then another.

And before long, walking becomes something it doesn’t even think about.

It once seemed impossible.

But they kept going.

You taking a chance on doing something different today to create a different outcome

is the same thing.

Give yourself a chance.

The spiritual part of you has always been there to support you.

You can call it your higher self.

You can call it something else.

Or not name it at all.

The important thing is this:

Be willing to drop the “but.”

And do something anyway.

You can use this affirmation from Louise Hay:
I stand in truth and live and move in joy.

It’s a place to start.

Today’s Gentle Practice

Take a quiet moment today.

Notice where you’ve been saying “but.”

The place where you stop yourself.


Where you explain why something won’t work for you.

Pause there.

And gently ask yourself:

“What would happen if I moved forward anyway… just a little?”

You don’t have to solve everything.

You don’t have to be sure.

Just take one small step past the “but.”

Take a breath.

And notice what opens up when you do.

If this resonated, I’d love to hear what your “but” has been… and what one small step you’re willing to take anyway.

With you,


Lynn