If this week has you feeling like the weirdo who's trying to take things in a new direction while everyone else looks at you like you've got three heads, fear not! You're not alone, and to prove it, I highly recommend this recent episode of The RobCast, titled "A Hymn for the Curve," hosted by Rob Bell, one of my favorite writers, speakers, and all around creative human beings.  It spoke to me in a way that I needed so much this week, and I hope you find it motivating as well. 

Wishing you a week full of all kinds of wild ideas and the daring required to see what they might become. 

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It is possible to make beauty from brokenness. In fact, it might just be the way that it works.

It is ok to make magic in the midst of the mess. In fact, it might just be the best we can do.

If we're waiting for 

an invitation

the critic to be quiet

the calm

the call

we might just be waiting forever and miss out on all we might make.

Go ahead, get started. Tell me in the comments, what are you going to dive into this week, ready or not?

This is just the fog, my dear.

It comes rolling in unexpectedly and at the same time, inevitably.

Just as you can’t fight the wind,

so too would you be foolish to battle the breeze of your own mind,

even wielding the sword of your own soul.

A low tide will always come back.

Best to sit on the shore and share a picnic with yourself

until it does once again arrive.

Like a miracle and a mathematical certainly,

lapping at your feet, as if it had never been gone. ​

How can you be a little more playful today?

How could holding life a little looser help to ease some tension?

It could be dancing in your kitchen while you cook.

Humming a song while you work.

Imagining yourself as the heroine of the movie as you face that challenge today.

Wearing something bright, as a way to say “I’m here!” Drawing on a fake mustache and taking some funny selfies.

There is no award for being so serious all the time.

There won’t be any prize for never taking a break.

But offering yourself time to imagine, play, and loosen? Oh, there are infinite possibilities in that space. Possibilities for well being, mental and physical, creativity, healing, and for experiencing yourself and the world in a brand new way.

I dare you: Allow yourself to feel heavy, guilty, unsure, and even cynical about loosening up.

Then go ahead and do it anyway. As you build your trust in being able to be more playful and at the same time, understand that loosening doesn’t equate to running away but rather being even more present and offering yourself something sweet and helpful in the moment, you just might discover a different way to live.
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Anyone else have any wisdom to offer about loosening your grip and actually finding more peace and joy? 💕