June 2026 – Write 2 Be

There comes a time, along the path to your purpose, where you have to stop asking people who are clearly hell bent on dismissing your art as frivolous and just a simple past time, for their acceptance. Or even for their understanding. Throughout the course of my life, I have always found myself trying to explain my creative calling to other people, some who got it and were supportive, and others who just didn’t even try to get it. The people who seemed the least supportive, oddly enough, were family. People who you would expect to be the first ones there to support you.

For years I would try to get those people to understand just how important writing was to me and being creative in general. How I needed the art of writing to just survive life. Writing is who I am and is like breathing for me. I used to be hurt that people dismissed my writing. When they would say things like ‘oh all you did was write a book, how hard could that be’ or things like ‘why are you taking so long to put out that book, it shouldn’t take that long’ or my personal favorite, ‘I don’t know why you’re wasting your time with that book that no one’s going to buy anyway’. Yeah, there was definitely a time where those things would send me into a tailspin and this downward spiral of me wondering what I was doing with my life and was this all really worth the scrutiny. Well in short, yes!

It took me far too long to realize and learn that I did not need the approval of people who just didn’t get it. One because I just don’t need the approval to do what I was meant to be doing. But more importantly because I can’t expect people who weren’t given my vision to understand it and why it matters so much. I think there’s this saying that people can’t possibly understand what they weren’t called to envision. Now I don’t know if that’s altogether true because there are plenty of creatives out there who have the support of non-creatives in their lives but basically no one else needs to understand my purpose but me.

I’ve long since stopped asking people who were just hell bent on dismissing me and my accomplishments to really see me and see my dreams the way that I do. They can’t see something that wasn’t meant for them. They don’t understand it and because they don’t understand it, they don’t value it and cherish it the way that I do. And that’s okay. It doesn’t mean that every once in a while, someone’s words won’t sting. That they’re judgment won’t hurt. Despite that, we have to stop seeking the approval of people who just simply refuse to see all the possibilities that you might see. Who don’t see all that you and your gift have to offer.

I know, it’s easier said than done but I think that once we do, it gives us even more freedom to not only explore or creative path fully, but unapologetically and with the utmost authenticity. What is for you, is for you. It’s not for anyone else to understand, to achieve, or to ambitiously pursue. So go out and tackle those big dreams you have. Go make those dreams happen! You’re the one who was meant to change the world with your specific gift! So go out and make those dreams a reality, in spite of the haters!

Until next time… #BePersistent #BeBold #BeUnapologetic

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