“The unknown is where all outcomes are possible; enter it with grace”
an exploration on dreaming, doing, and living unapologetically
My tea spoke to me one evening as it often does. A blueberry sage, ashwagandha elixir by Yogi Tea. Reminding me just what I needed to hear.
I’m stepping into the new chapter of owning a business and entering in the world of entrepreneurship was never a world I thought I’d know. Yet, for where I find myself in my life, it’s the path that makes perfect sense. I find myself a woman, filled with unending passion that I almost felt ashamed of. I’ve wondered how dare I ask so much of the Universe? If I'm mad for dreaming dreams in my head like the stars hang in the sky? I feel like the Universe winks at me when I conjure something new, smitten that I have painted another chromatic future, sensual and ethereal.
Dreams are sacred, living things. Perhaps because I’m ruled by Jupiter, I feel a devotion to anything that causes me to expand and believe in the grandness of the world. To dream feels mystic. I walk with the knowledge that if I believe in a dream and am devoted to that dream, it will happen. Why would it not?
I believe in the art of dreaming and doing and the sacredness found in following our hearts. I’ve been doing it since I was 17 when I somehow dreamed up attending university in Miami and earned a massive scholarship that made it possible. Life has shown me that every dream has a path and it’s just a matter of finding one’s way, finding the steps to get to the destination (a dream fulfilled).
The path to a dream feels different every time. Like a path in the jungle where you’re taking a machete and whacking it back and forth. Sometimes it may feel like you’re not making any progress in the forest then other times the machete clears cleanly, it’s swiping sound a perfect harmony; like Spirit and your Ancestors are right there working with you.
I wrote about dreaming and doing with reckless abandon last August when I quit my job to travel this past summer, in search of purpose, clarity, adventure, freedom, and a life that spoke to my soul. It was a time of teaching yoga, dancing, learning, living in hostels, meeting kindred spirits, and letting each day surprise me. With every passing month, I grew more and more passionate and was falling completely in love with myself. While in Brazil taking Portuguese classes (towards the end of my journey), the idea of starting a business to help other people take a soul journey like I was doing came to me and the wheels have been turning ever since.
Less than six months later, I’m now a Certified Travel Coach. Exclamation point! I can be a perfectionist so that’s me remembering to celebrate my wins every step of the way instead of getting caught up on where I want to be. Like all things, the journey is the destination. I’m deeply humbled and feel blessed to be where I am and to feel so ripe with purpose for my present and future.
Even so I have to admit that starting a business is one of the scariest things I’ve ever done (which historically is a good sign for me). Doing the work of becoming visible is compelling me to confront my insecurities and a habit I have of letting the perceived judgements of others weigh far too heavily upon me. It’s making me have to believe in myself in a way I’ve never done before. I received the beautiful advice in “surrendering to the romance of being seen” (x) and it’s been both soothing and inspiring to let myself free fall in this journey. Unapologetically.
Unapologetically has been a word that keeps coming up for me. It’s written in numerous affirmations I’ve been creating for myself over the past weeks. I’ve been reflecting on, what does it mean to show up as ourselves unapologetically? What does it mean to move with an ease and a grace from being rooted in who we are unapologetically? As a recovering people pleaser, the thought of challenging myself to be myself freely is truly delicious. Erotic even as Nairy Fstukh noted! To be unapologetically myself is a sensual experience as it’s something I can feel in my body. A chance to be unbridled in who I am, to simply rest and be who I am. This is where our power lives.
Being myself unapologetically has me feeling passionate about changing lives with my baby, my business Earth Angel Travel Coaching. To help people prioritize their dreams with reckless abandon and replace “one day” with “today.” To help those dedicated to becoming their best self use intentional travel and living abroad as a portal to transformation, self-love, and empowerment.
We all deserve to fall in love with who we are and the world around us unapologetically. Whatever your dreams are, please make sure you continue to believe in them. They’ve been planted in your heart for a reason and are more valuable than gold. Your dreams are your stars and an answer to the future.
I wonder where I’ll be six months from now, a year from now, two years from now. Writing this feels sort of like a time capsule. As if I’m staking a claim in the fertile soil of my own garden. My pops (my grandfather), a self-described Taurus lover boy, told me to hold my head up high and to step long when I told him of my endeavors. I think that’s New Orleans for “the unknown is where all outcomes are possible; enter it with grace.”
What if the life we want is running towards us too?
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Until next time, dream a little dream of me. <3
I've been writing about this feeling lately (it took several ways for me to get it out) and you just summed it up beautifully in one