Part of the plan to welcome something new into your life is making room for it.

Those who have children have experience with this phenomenon.

Making room, initially, is not a painless practice, just a necessary one. That which you make room for makes you roomier.

Making room engages your flexibility, and as the old adage goes, “The more flexible you are, the more you win.”

In politics, making room is known as the “Big Tent” – making room for people in your club who have divergent views.

If you are satisfied with what you have now – relationships, health, possessions, knowledge, attitude, etc. – you have already mastered making room. If you are lacking in any of those areas, making room is the skill you’ll want to get curious about and develop.

If you are “set in your ways,” it’s more difficult to make room.

“Set in your ways” is another way of saying that you’ve been conditioned to the “rightness” of your way. The biggest difficulty I’ve experience with that point of view is that it’s very pointed and keeps people away. That means there are fewer folks to make room for because not many are willing to risk getting stabbed that often.

The biggest kept secret from those unwilling to make room is that we get what we want in life from other people. If you don’t make room for them, you are left alone with, as The Beatles called it, your “Nowhere Plans.”

Making room is an acquired taste for many. It takes practice. Like all treks in life, it begins with small steps. Condition yourself to engage your flexibility and make room for something small at first, and then continue to stretch that muscle.

After repeated practice, you’ll develop a sense of what’s worth making room for and what’s too big to fit in your tent.

Caution: If you only do this exercise in your head, you’ll never own the experience of stretching out and you’ll have no space for something new.

Making room is a redecorating project worthy of being featured on the DIY Network.

When you open a space for something new, you open yourself up to more of life’s gifts.

Who wants to be the next person to tear down a wall?

All the best,

John

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