I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but sacrifice is imperative if you want to reach your goals. Reading that at first glance sounds pretty daunting. It doesn’t really sound like something I’d be interested in.

But guess what?

There are varying degrees of sacrifice. Sacrifice can be something as little as giving up your daily Starbucks order as a way to save up for a new computer. Sacrifice can be staying home more often than going out, in order to put in the time and energy to learn a new skill. Sacrifice can be choosing to delay having children until you reach a certain goal.

Some sacrifices also include letting go of some people from your life. There are some relationships you have that you love, but you know they hold you back. You know they are not a positive influence on your life and future.

These are the hardest sacrifices to make.

The reason these are the hardest is because we have a connection to them emotionally, most likely mentally, and oftentimes physically when dealing with romantic partners. Those are the hardest ties to break.

Unfortunately, the hardest things to let go of are the exact things that are holding us back from the next phase of our journey.

It’s like an energy exchange.

When we are around unbalanced energy, we will be unbalanced. When we are around balanced energy we are balanced. We will not be able to keep moving forward if we are continuously mingling with unbalanced energies.

It’s basically holding you back.

As you were reading this, you probably had some things and people come to mind, that you may need to part ways with for a while, in order to keep growing.

Only you know what you need to let go of and sacrifice…. and I have faith that you will do just that!