For every new ambition, relationship, and experience you seek at this time, there’s a commitment in place that must be eliminated to make way for the new. Current routines, habits, and even types of free time must be sacrificed so that you can open up to new energies. Your Master Teacher is present, urging you to identify what must go. Be honest in your assessment, and also be realistic and thoughtful in setting your goals so that you don’t overreach and fail.

Your Master Teacher reminds you that even though the Universe does support your heart, it doesn’t allow you to bypass the work necessary to manifest your desires. In other words, “You reap what you sow.” And the best way is to systematically move toward your priorities while simultaneously discarding what no longer serves you. If you want to lose ten pounds, you must release jelly doughnuts. If you want to work for yourself, you must let go of the need for others to take care of you. If you want to create a new love relationship, you mustn’t brood over past heartbreaks any longer. The message from your Master Teacher: “To reach for something greater, you must first let go of what’s in your hand.”

Sometimes life gives you lemons. But not to worry. Your Creativity Guides are on hand, helping you transform your lemons into lemonade. No matter who you are or what circumstances you’ve inherited, life is always a blend of both the positive and the negative. Your Creativity Guides urge you to be grateful for the pluses of your life and to be creative with the negatives. They’ll help you use your inventiveness to transform any adverse situation into one for the better. So, rather than dwell on your lousy childhood, true though it may have been, appreciate the courage it developed in you and use it to change the unsupportive past into a self-reliant present. Rather than endure an unfulfilling job, be resourceful and start the business you’ve dreamed of for years.

This is not to deny the pain in your life, but to use it as an incentive to move to higher ground. Allow your Creativity Guides to serve you; they’re not afraid of the lemons you encounter in life. Gather their juice as fuel to invent much better circumstances, and ask them for inspiration and ideas. They have plenty to share. Their message: “When you get lemons, make lemonade.”

Your Higher Self is advising you to keep your emotions in check through these times of change and transition. Be on guard, as well, against being manipulated emotionally by the fear and drama of those around you. Change is in the air, and the uncertainty at hand is stirring up a lot of anxiety and insecurity. Recognize the potential stress, and choose to brave the volatile storm by remaining cool, calm, and collected.

Whatever you do, don’t allow yourself to succumb to the seductive and addictive appeal of high drama as a way of expending the excess adrenaline coursing through your veins. Go for a run, or work out at the gym. Use your anxiety physically rather than emotionally, and protect yourself against the fear-provoking actions of others. Yes, it’s difficult to face the unknown, but your Higher Self calmly assures you that no matter what challenges you encounter, you can handle everything beautifully if you remain detached, relaxed, and grounded. Your Higher Self’s message: “Stay cool.”