Recently, I took my son Jack shopping for a new baseball glove. The old glove was too small 
for his hand and his coach felt that a new glove might be just the thing that he needed. We both enjoyed looking through all of the gloves. He tried on quite a few (The smell of all that leather was so wonderful!). He finally found a glove that was a perfect fit and away we went. He just happened to have baseball practice next so I was excited for him to try out his new purchase. As we approached the field, I noticed that Jack was beginning to feel both anxious and excited at the same time. He wanted to use his new glove but that feeling of being “comfortable” with the old glove took over. The new glove was a n unknown to Jack, so his performance with the new glove at this point was uncertain in his mind. He knew what he could do with the old glove. This got me thinking about how Smart Women feel the fear and do it anyway.
So many times we hold on to things that no longer “fit” in our lives (a job, a relationship, a baseball glove!) with the thought process that it's comfortable, it's not perfect but it's ok, when in fact, it does not fit who we are anymore. I've learned over time that it's more important to “let go” than to try and “hold on” to what doesn't fit or what doesn't work in our lives. Why? Because until you “let go” and create the space for something new, it's quite possible the “new” in your life won't materialize—there's no place or space for it.
