Hours, days, weeks and years pass by.
The yearning and gnawing inside start small at first. Sometimes it is only heard during very quiet moments, or in the wee hours of the morning when nobody else is around, when we’re alone.
Like a snowball gaining momentum and mass, the gnawing grows. The intuituve understanding that there is more to be done, that we are so very much more than what we’re settling for, starts to get larger.
More years pass; occasionally we look up and know we were meant for more, but say pacifying things instead.
“Better not make waves.”
“I have it really good, why mess things up.”
“I don’t even know what I want to do – no use worrying about it.”
Those fears have a lot of weight in the beginning. After all, we have obligations. Responsibilites.
Best not to aim too high, eh?
So back down we go – treading water, hoping someday we get our time, our truth.
More years pass by. And the gnawing grows. Like a chrysalis morphing into a butterfly, we get increasingly uncomfortable.
And one day, the calling is so strong, it’s no longer possible to ignore. That, and the realization that, despite the fears and despite not knowing where to go or what to do, movement must happen.
One step – just a single step.
Then another.
And another.
And all of a sudden, you have wings and are soaring.
That first single step is the vital start to your journey. Whatever that journey is, wherever it takes you, the truth of it is this – YOU are the reason for it. Your light is the purpose, the reason and the answer, all rolled up into a miraculous core. It is who you are, and its non-negotiable.
That first step can be the simplest of things – reading a new book, taking a walk, learning to say NO instead of acquiesing. Whatever it is, it is your purpose at that moment – the grand sum of all you are.
The fears may coax you from time to time into standing still or backing down. That’s ok – we all go at our own pace.
Just don’t lose sight of the fundamental truth of your nature.
And what is that truth?
You are a unique spark of brilliance, unlike anything else made before you. Of all the billions of people who have ever lived or will live, there is no other precisely like you, that has the gifts you have to offer.
If you do not shine that light, nobody can. Nobody else has it but you.
That is how magnificent and important you are.
Take the step.
Shine.
In peace,
Kelly
