The Art of Failure

Walk Forward

Yesterday I received an email from a reader asking the question.  

“What do you do when you’re stuck? How do you moving ahead when you can’t stop thinking about everything that happened before - and everything that’s happening now?”

The answer is simply to keep going. Do not allow uncertainty and self-doubt control the moment. Do not allow the past to control your present. Put one foot in front of the other, walk forward and don’t look back.

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Bliss & Rainbows

When was the last time you felt bliss? Bliss that left you so full of happiness you felt as if your soul were opening to splash a rainbow of joy across the sky. As corny as that sounds, you know that feeling I’m talking about - that uncontainable happiness we all seek. 

If you’ve been following this blog you know I recently rediscovered bliss. I proclaimed my happiness from mountaintops and shouted my joy at the top of my lungs. I made every effort to pick up others around me and carry them off in my joyful rapture. I stopped to savor as many moments as I could fearing it would end. And, inevitably, it did. 

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Better Than “Good Enough”

One of my greatest longings - that nagging thing I wanted more than anything in the world - was to be accepted. I think this is a natural desire. My search for it, perhaps not so natural… and the acceptance I craved, illusive and seemingly unattainable, occupied an obsessive corner of my mind - sometimes venturing out of that hiding place and completely overwhelming my thoughts. 

For a long time it was hard for me to understand how I could accept myself and be accepted by others without being perfect - or at least making visible attempts to fix my flaws. I took every criticism personally, and sometimes even the smallest comment would send me into days of self-analysis and self-criticism. 

All of this constant self-judgement started and ended with my fear of not being accepted - not finding love - and not being “good enough”.

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Welcome Home

There is a trust, an acceptance that comes when you are in the presence of love. You understand this is a place of welcoming. Whether you have visited before or are arriving for the first time - love welcomes you with open arms. There are no expectations - nothing asked in return. Love wraps you in openness and allows you to speak from your heart and feel with your soul. Everything you share here is safe. You will never be judged or criticized. Love will embrace you, hold you, and never let you go. Your heart will feel as if it is bursting, expanding to accept more love. 

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