I know a couple of weeks ago, I shared a post with a similar message, but it appears this topic needs more attention. In February, my husband and I attended Amy Macdonald’s concert in Zurich. She is a Scottish singer and songwriter. Her songs have a style I love, and together with her voice and the way she uses it, they captivate me. Her songs have accompanied me for about 20 years. Especially one album found me at a time her songs totally went along with my path around my breakthrough. I haven’t listened to the songs from that album, This Is The Life, for a while. Now, when she performed some of those songs at the concert, I was back in time, and it was fantastic. Especially one song hit home again. Its message was a fundamental part of my new perspective and choice to live.

For too many years, I postponed things because I was afraid of failing, being questioned about them, or feeling overwhelmed by the task of approaching and accomplishing them. Even though I admired others for freely pursuing their dreams, regardless of the risks or effort, I told myself it was not meant for me. That way, I could not do anything wrong and moved “below the radar”. However, when I began to reveal the misunderstanding behind my fears, I realized that life means taking risks, because that is how new things are brought into being. Starting something new and unknown means making efforts  and perhaps sacrifices to realize it. Only that way, I can make visible what I have already seen inside for so long. From that moment on, I promised myself that nothing would be postponed anymore; every little flame that ignites in me would be observed and supported until I know what path it was supposed to light. Also, I don’t postpone any activities (going to concerts, traveling, taking chances in general). My life has expanded dramatically. To tell from experience, I have not regretted a single thing I have done since.

When we stop hiding and start shining our inner flame outside, life begins. Some things lead to moments of success, and some will tell us that the grass is not greener on the other side. Both are important because it all leads to great insights and experiences that make us feel clearer. But it especially makes us understand ourselves better AND makes us feel alive. We grow in self-esteem and lose the fear we based on information about what we already knew. If we only hold on to what we already know, we can’t know more. Yes, we may get a broken heart. Yes, we may get a bloody nose. Yes, we may not succeed in everything we begin, regardless of how excited we were to start it, BUT at least we tried. It is better to try and know than never try at all, and always ponder how it  could have been. In my opinion, it is much worse because even if we are not being successful, we learn and might be led to a new place we would have never found otherwise.

Keep running until there’s nothing more to live for.
Once you start that journey, you will realize that there can always be something to live for.
Always!

In Love and Light