You know how you feel when everything fits? When you head out into the world in the right outfit that fits just right? It�s like you can do anything, you can take on the world. There�s nothing worse for your confidence than clothes that don�t fit. Spending your day pulling up your pants or digging your pants out of your ass does not help you exude anything you want to exude.
Sometimes, when we go shopping, we are fooled in the store. Later we find out that the pants stretch too much after wearing them for an hour, or that they bind in a way they didn�t when we tried them on. So we stick to those clothes that fit right because they make us feel the best about ourselves. And sometimes we have to take things back to the store to find the one that fits.
I think life is a little like this, trying things on to see if they fit. We want a life that fits us right, where the sleeves of it all don�t fall in our soup and where we can move freely without feeling bound or pinched. Sometimes it means trying on different lives, trying to find the one that fits just right, the one that makes us comfortable, happy and yet capable of anything. And sometimes, that means that we have to get rid of things that are too tight, pants that fall down, things that are too long or too short, even if we like the pattern or think the fabric is beautiful. We have to let go of those things that don�t fit right.
We watch fashion shows, see the glamour and the glitz, the latest trends, what�s in, what�s out. Sometimes what�s fashionable just isn�t right for us, the pointy toes hurt our feet, and we find that last year�s boxy toes and clunky heels are just more comfortable for us. But it�s not always as easy to find the life that fits, and sometimes it seems easier to hang onto things that don�t fit, simply because we are so used to having them in our closet.
