The Rebuild: Redesigning Your Life to Make Room for What’s Meant for You

While I was building a block tower with my 3 year old son one day, I had an epiphany.

The way we were constructing our tower wasn’t working. It was wobbly, and our foundation was weak. I could see that it was about to fall over and I was eager to fix the problem.

From my perspective (as someone who has built a tower out of blocks a time or two before) I could see that we needed to start again with a new foundation. A full demolition was in order.

Without thinking of communicating this to my son, I knocked it over.

He was absolutely devastated as he looked at me in disbelief and cried “why would you do that?!”

Once I tuned into his confusion and opened my eyes to his perspective, I was able to explain to him that I was actually trying to help the situation and that sometimes we have to break things down and rebuild them in order to make them stronger and get it right.

In that moment, I stopped myself dead in my tracks and realized the power of my own words.

I was instantly brought to the moments where I, too, have been broken down in my life, and saw how each and every experience had guided me into something more in alignment on my path.

I saw the relationships that ended and broke my heart.

The guys that I had crushes on who didn’t like me back.

The job interviews that rejected me.

The houses I had put offers on that were denied.

In that moment, I saw my entire life from a higher perspective.

It was as if I was previously the toddler who had never built a tower before, being helped by guides who know more about building towers than I do.

Guides that sometimes have to knock things over or deny me of what I want in the moment in order to help me achieve what’s truly meant for me.

All of a sudden, I was able to feel the fire inside me that grew stronger every time I picked up the blocks of my own life and tried again.

And I’ll tell you… This lesson came to me exactly when I needed it.

Internally, I was struggling with my own foundation. 

I too, was in the middle of rebuilding the life that I had shattered into pieces.

I was lost in early motherhood, mourning the independence I once had.

I had quit my job to follow my call of raising the collective consciousness, but was broke and overwhelmed at how to go about it.

I let go of friendships that no longer felt positive and in alignment with how I wanted to show up, but was feeling lonely and outcasted.

At that moment, I could see how my life wasn’t broken… I was just in the rebuilding faze, laying down a whole new foundation for an even taller, stronger, and more aligned life.

So much has changed for me since that day.

My tower, although still a work in progress, now has many stories and staircases filled with hope.

So now I invite you to reflect on a time in your past when you were devastated by something not working out in your favour.

Are you now able to see things from a more evolved point of view?

How did it help you rebuild your tower?

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