Okay, so here’s the thing: 

We can’t make everyone happy. No matter how hard we try.

We can’t make someone do something that they aren’t ready to do or believe something that they aren’t ready to believe. No matter how much we want them to and how much we believe it will help them.

We just can’t.

We can’t make anyone see the world through our eyes. We can’t make anyone feel how we feel. We can’t make anyone do anything or say anything or feel anything or want anything.

We just can’t. It’s just not possible.

But what we can do is live our truth and share our truth. What we can do is light the way and leave the door open just in case anyone wants to join us. What we can do is show up completely authentically in the world and live from our heart and speak from our soul. What we can do is take the time to get to know ourselves so that the person we share with the world is the person that we truly are – the person with the masks removed and the “should be this way persona” left behind.

Because when we do that – when we really are able to do that – we connect with our soul’s purpose and our heart’s desire. When we live this way and share our authentic voice with others, we act like a magnet and will attract to us those who are on a similar journey. We’ll inspire those who have been wanting to share their truth as well but haven’t felt brave enough to do so yet. We’ll model what it looks like to be on this Earth journey while staying grounded and loving and honest.

It’s not always easy to live from this space of truth. I know that.

We all have such a strong innate desire to be liked – to be loved – by everyone. We all want to receive that validation that we’re good enough. We all want to fit in and go with the grain rather than against it. I know this.

But what I also know is that there will come a point in each of our lives where we will have had enough of the people pleasing and of not rocking the boat or ruffling any feathers or doing anything at all where someone could possibly be mad or misunderstand or feel disconnected from us. And at that point we will hear our soul’s calling so clearly. We will know, without a doubt, that our truth is much more important than keeping the peace. We will realize that showing up in the world authentically is everything. And that may mean that some boats will be rocked and some feathers will be ruffled and some will be angry.

And that’s okay.

Because there will come a point where silencing our truth will become unbearable. There will come a point where we feel that we’ve been tapped on the shoulder by the universe – where we know on a deep level that it’s our turn to step into the arena. And it’s in this moment where we get to decide if we’re going to show up or step away.

It reminds me of this amazing quote from Theodore Roosevelt:

It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.

I’ve been here in the arena for years, and I will be the first to admit that it’s not always easy. Living my truth and showing up authentically in the world has caused quite a bit of friction throughout my life. I have lost many friends and severed contact with many family members because I was no longer willing to be placated – no longer willing to play the game.

And it’s been so painful at times. I know that life would be much easier in many ways if I simply swept my truth under the rug and closed my eyes to my own awakening and my own rebirth. It can be scary for others to hear me talk about the soul and living our purpose and talking to angels and the fact that we have so much control over our life. It can be terrifying for some to open their eyes and see the world in bright color and many dimensions rather than black and white. Change can be scary, and it makes perfect sense that not everyone will embrace it or even want to change to begin with.

And that’s okay.

I am learning to let go of anyone who isn’t wanting to be on this journey with me. And in doing so, I’ve made room for so many beautiful souls who are ready – who do want to be here.

Honestly, all we can do is keep showing up. That is our main purpose in life – to keep sharing our truth and our hearts with the world. To keep the masks off and to let our authentic selves out.

Because what I’m realizing is that after the dust settles, my heart is happy. After the friction dissipates, I am left with my truth. And that feels so, so good.

So I will keep showing up. I will stay in this arena. And I will share from my heart because that’s the only way I know anymore. 

I will continue to stay open and will continue to be vulnerable. Because I have complete faith that these words – these completely honest words – will touch those they are meant to touch. And I take this message that I share very seriously. I have enough faith in the universe to believe that I wouldn’t be given this platform if this message of love and truth and living soulfully and bravely weren’t important and weren’t needed.

And the same is true for you: Whatever your message is, please keep sharing it. Whatever your arena is, please step into it. Whatever you know to be your truth, please honor it. 

Please stay strong and grounded in it.

Those who are ready to hear it – who need to hear it – will gravitate toward you. Please invite them to stay.

And those who aren’t meant to be on the journey with you will fall away. Please allow them to go.

We have all been given such unique, powerful messages to share. But we can’t force anyone to receive our message. Have faith in the way of the world. Keep showing up as you, bravely step into the arena, and the universe will take care of the rest.

Hugs,