Jennifer Peters, Just BE Kitchen - Paying the Price of Admission Blog

Writing is medicine for me and so it's natural that I share a couple of tumultuous couple of weeks in my world, before breathing pure air again a week ago after making a decision that not only gave me freedom from my past but also had me seriously uplevel. 

I moved through a massive crossroad and what I can see from the other side of the door that I had to walk through is that there is always a price to pay to change, especially when that change is upleveling your life.

This "cost of admission", a concept introduced to me by my manifestation coach, is the price we pay to get to the next level, to access the next phase of growth in our lives. The key is ensuring you have alignment before buying the ticket. For example, when we scaled Just BE the first time, it wasn't aligned in many ways - we didn't have the right team, we didn't have flow with the set-up (we were pushing so hard in all areas to open what should have been a simple process), we bled cash, we had processes that didn't scale well and so…That store closed. Huge cost. No alignment. 

But it IS worth the cost when there is alignment, when you can hear what your soul is screaming to you (or even just gently whispering) and you KNOW that this temporary cost is worth it. It is in these moments that we have to move through the door, and BElieve we can fly, even if it's not all figured out. These moments – where we know the cost of staying is greater than the cost of going through that door – are the ones that move us towards higher vibrations, more growth, more alignment.

I needed to acknowledge a recurring pattern in my life, where various "teachers" had come along the way in the form of relationships, colleagues, bosses that conveyed a similar pattern of a trait I continued to attract, mainly because it was a pattern between a parent and I; instead of BEing dragged down by it, I recognized it was time to acknowledge that its presence – again and again – was actually an opportunity to rewrite a long-held script. To challenge myself not to accept this. To challenge myself to pay the cost of admission (discomfort, conflict, anger) to get to the other side. The Universe was handing me an opportunity to up-level and finally, I was ready to do it.

This week, as I looked at the door to walk through, where the other side was unknown, I knew a decision was going to cost some short term turbulence. However, I KNEW I had to walk through the door this time - and trust what was awaiting on the other side. My body was screaming at me that what was happening was not ok and so I calmly sat and visualized myself on the other side of the situation, flying through that door, vibing in higher energies, honoring myself. 

I know that the cost of staying would have BEen far greater than the cost of leveling up, and I was so ready to pay the price of possible short term "pain", of the unknown, to get those higher vibrations. It doesn't mean I wasn't scared. I was. It just meant that courage had to BE bigger than fear.

And when I did it, when it was complete - a few things happened. Firstly, I told those close to me that I felt like I started a new chapter of life. I felt like I had performed an exorcism and I was finally free of the weight of what "was." And…the BEautiful things that happened on the other side of the door were nothing short of miracles. 

Higher energies. Solid vibrations. Radical team support. And in fact, a closeness of what I thought may not be. But mostly…I had to take the risk and absorb the "cost of admission" in order to get to the freedom I'm at now…a mere week later. 

So: where do you want to level up? What would it cost to get there? What is the cost of staying where you're at? In the job you don't love that compromises you, the unfulfilling relationship when you desire so much more, the chaos in life you're not managing, keeping business relationships or employees that aren't an energetic match, or staying solo because you're not brave enough to love again?There's a cost of admission to get what you desire. When it's in alignment, the cost of not upleveling far outweighs the cost of admission, even when it's not yet 100% figured out. 

xo