I just wanted to share that I WOKE UP HAPPY THIS MORNING.

And I have been waking up feeling happy every morning for a while now.

This feels surreal, given that I felt I was drowning in self doubt earlier this year when I set out to find out who I am as an artist in my 50s.

And I remembered something one of my teachers used to say:

Your clothes don’t look that dirty, but it’s time for a wash.

You put them in the washing machine…

And if you open it up halfway through - it’s disgusting. All the sweat and dirt and whatever that was in the filers has been released into the water it’s a big dirty mess.

But if you just let it go through the whole cycle - everything comes out clean.

He would say this at the start of his healing retreats to say - things are going to get worse before they get better, don’t let that make you give up halfway through the process.

It’s like that with our dreams.

Some steps we take can dig up deep rooted stuff, stuff we didn’t know what there, and working through it all can feel impossible.

But it’s not.

This is just what the process is like.

Let yourself stay in it until the end.

This is why I always say that the INNER WORK is a valid + needed part of the process, every bit as much as Dream Work and Outer Work. (Those are links to the libraries of practices + tools for each of the "works")

Inner Work is where we generate miracles, healing, and the shifts that make the outer work possible.

So, even if you feel like you're really stuck deep in there - please keep showing up. You'll work through it in time.

 

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