I choose trust as my map

“Wherever you stand, be the soul of that place” – Rumi

As I was working on this week’s painting, I was thinking about how change happens. The process is different for all of us, but the core is the same: we are exposed to new things, learn something new through that exposure, and that newness reflects itself in what we create and do and think.

Eric and I were discussing that my core style as an artist, the method and style of painting that truly lights me up and makes me radiate joy when I reach my studio, is still evolving. And that’s okay. Likely I will end up somewhere in the middle, taking what I love from landscape paintings and what I love from abstract paintings as inspiration.

It really is okay to grow, shift, try new things, and come back to the beginning again. It’s okay to expand our comfort zones and do the project that terrifies us and come out on the other side just a little bit changed.

I told Eric that I was feeling a little anxious that I can’t see the road map of where I’ll end up, and he reminded me that we learn what works for us by trying new things instead of merely thinking about trying.

We can talk and talk and talk about our dreams and plans, but until we actually take action and see how it feels to pursue that dream, we’ll never really know.

My only rule is reflected so perfectly by this Rumi quote: wherever you stand, be the soul of that place. To me, this means that whatever we try, we need to try with our whole hearts. We need to do our best quality work, take the attempt seriously, and we need to not give up.

This week’s painting is called Trust for this very reason. Do you trust that you will find the answers you need, even if you can’t yet see the path? Today I choose trust as my map.

My challenge for you today is to stop thinking and start doing. Is there a project or decision you’ve been thinking about for way too long?

Trust that the path will present itself, and take that first step.

With love,