I’m thinking a lot about what it means to show up for your dreams, and keep showing up for your dreams, no matter what is happening in your life.

Of course the easier your life is, the easier this is to do.

But life isn’t always easy.

You know how much I loved my husband. But things happened that were beyond our control and our marriage fell apart very quickly in August. As much as I know that this is the right thing, as much as I still feel really good about my future, the separation has been brutal.

On top of that, one of my step kids has been in the hospital for almost three weeks and it’s looking like they are in for a VERY long and difficult road. The stress of this isn’t like anything I’ve experienced before.

I don’t mean to keep repeating my sad story. It’s just where I am.

This morning I’m in my favourite coffee shop. They are a bakery with a wood fired oven and I just had a fresh quiche tart. I’m in my favourite spot, at the bar by the window where I can see the world go by. There are plants everywhere and they’ve decorated the windowsill with little pumpkins. This is also where I am.

Showing up for your dreams no matter what is happening in your life isn’t hustle culture or “make it happen no matter what” or spiritual bypass or any of that nonsense.

Our creative dreams always ask us to be more present with where we are and what we’ve got going on. Our power and magic are always in the present moment.

So right now my creative dreams need me to honour this difficult season I suddenly find myself in. They need me to acknowledge how hard this all is so that I take care of myself appropriately.

Every step you take builds the path. Showing up is the only way to build the path. 

Otherwise you just go with what this toxic culture we live in tells you about who you are and what is possible for you and how you should show up. And that path will never lead to anything good because it leads you away from yourself.

And through all of this, I know I’m moving towards myself.

Some days don’t feel like it, of course, but no one step defines the whole path.

And, I think, that’s the big thing to remember when you’re creative dreaming through the hard times.

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