This is for you if you are an entrepreneur with a launch schedule, a writer with a book coming out, and so on. This is for you if you have to be seen.
There’s a lot going on in the world. An entrepreneur today told me that it’s hard to know what to post or not post. Is it still okay to be promoting her course? She knows it is, heck her family needs her to make that money and she has people to help and talents to share. But still there is a voice in her head asking, is she being sensitive enough? It makes her question herself every step of the way.
My first thought for her was that this is what she is meant to do. We are all here to do something, to make a mark in our own special way. Some people are giving bottles to protestors, some people are on the streets, some people are trying to be good policeman, and some of us are at home making stuff and wanting to share it. What’s your gift? How are you here to make your mark? It depends on who you are. This was her thing, and I knew it was important.
When I said this to her she said it felt right. She also remembered all the things she was doing to try and be a good ally: support she was giving others and introspective work inside to be more aware of her own biases. She’s been posting support, too, and I encouraged her to share the process that is helping her work on herself so others can benefit as well, which happens to be something she is teaching for the course she’s launching. Her course will totally help people be better on so many levels.
Some of us need to be seen right now. If that’s you, then that’s what you got to do. But if that doesn’t feel like you, that’s okay as well. We do not have to all do the same thing. Figure out what you need for your own balance (so you can sustain any efforts you are making) and what role you can play right now to be supportive to the current situation: the Black Lives Matter movement, COVID-19 prevention, the people you are here to serve in your unique capacity.
Connect to your soul. Pray for safety, so you can feel safe to be seen if that’s what you need to do. What does your heart call you to do today? It is okay if you don’t have the big picture yet, do what you can right now.
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