Create a Vacuum Between You and What You're Looking For

There's a quote by Rick Rubin that has been echoing in my heart lately:

"Create a vacuum between you and what you are looking for. Instead of forcing it, step back and draw it to you."

It landed in me like a deep breath. A softening. A remembering.

Because so often, in our seeking — whether it’s clarity, a new opportunity, healing, love, or a sense of purpose — we come in hot. We grip. We try to figure it out. We push and prod, believing that if we’re not actively doing, we’re falling behind.

But what if the very thing we’re searching for can only come when we step back? What if magnetism is more powerful than force?

To create a vacuum is to become receptive. Spacious. It’s not about passivity — it’s about intentional stillness. It's the energetic equivalent of opening your palms and saying: I'm ready. I trust.

But here's the twist I’ve been sitting with:

What if I don’t even know what I’m looking for?

That question has stopped me in my tracks. Because when I truly allow myself to dream without the filter of limiting beliefs — without the old scripts of “too much” or “not enough” — something wild and beautiful stirs.

If I had no limiting beliefs… what would be possible for me?

What would I be drawn toward instead of chasing? What would I allow in, instead of shrinking from? What version of myself would feel so real, so aligned, that it became impossible to not live into it?

We don't always need perfect clarity before we soften into receiving. Sometimes, we just need to become the kind of space that can hold the possibility.

And maybe — it’s not about knowing the specifics at all.

Maybe alignment is enough.

If I stay aligned — grounded in truth, integrity, presence — then whatever I step into next will feel like I created it. Even if I couldn’t have pictured it, even if it surprises me. Because it will be a match for who I’ve become.

That’s the quiet power of living from alignment: the future may be unknown, but it always feels like home.

So today, instead of forcing, I’m choosing to step back. To become the vacuum. To let desire rise without needing to define it. I invite you to do the same.