We all have many anchors in our lives. For some, the anchor is a person or a place that we feel safe, connected to, and at home. In those cases, the anchor acts to keep us moored in a safe harbor in our lives. But there are anchors that do nothing but trap us in stormy seas. Those anchors can also be people or places, but they could just as easily be financial, emotional, professional, or personal anchors that do more harm than good. I think we have all dealt with the unhealthy anchors, even if we are unwilling to label them as such.
I know in my life, I have been weighed down by financial anchors that drove many of my decisions. Specifically, we had a lot of debt that forced us to make decisions that we may or may not have otherwise made. I know, you could say that about most things - may or may not happen. But what I know is that if we hadn't had the financial anchors, we likely would have made different decisions that would have changed everything from how it is now. Would those changes be good? I have no idea. But I do know that we would have made different choices were it not for the anchors weighing us down.
So I ask each of you to think about anchors. Not the good ones that keep you in a safe harbor, but the negative ones that so many of us try to ignore. I suspect that there is an anchor somewhere in your life that is keeping you pinned in a storm. Maybe it's time to cut that anchor and see what happens.