You want the bloom.
We all do.
The glow. The clarity. The full color of becoming.
But here’s what we forget:
Every finished bloom?
Was once a half-formed layer.
A glaze. A whisper of shape. A decision to keep going.
Look at this flower I’m painting.
It didn’t start radiant.
It started raw.
Muted. Messy. Quiet.
Now it’s almost glowing.
But only because I didn’t skip the layers.
So why do we think we can skip them in life?
What is your foundation?
What’s your connection to your soul?
How do you build it?
How often do you return to it?
These morning glory blossoms I’m painting—
they’re going to last a long time.
Because I gave them a strong foundation.
And that’s what I want for you.
What kind of foundation do you have for yourself?
This wasn’t planned. It hit me while I was painting:
Each bloom? Ten layers deep.
Sixty-one blossoms on the canvas.
It’s slow.
It’s intentional.
It’s worth it.
And so are you.
You are a painting in your own life.
You deserve the time it takes to build something real.
So how do you want to layer?
Do you want to rush it?
Force it?
Or do you want to develop a little patience…
A little trust…
A deeper connection with the part of you that knows?
Whether you call it energy, spirit, God, the universe—
you don’t have to name it perfectly.
Just feel it.
The breath will take you there.
Four-count inhale.
Four-count hold.
Six-count exhale.
That’s it. That’s the portal.
That’s how I know I won’t mess up this next layer.
Because when I breathe and connect—really connect—
my muse, my soul, my intuition
comes straight through the brush,
onto the canvas.
And I don’t question it. I just know.
And that’s what I want for you.
Not certainty.
Not speed.
Not some ideal version of yourself.
Just enough trust to keep painting.
I haven’t been outside to walk lately. It’s 18 degrees here in Virginia.
And I started laughing, thinking of my dad.
He walked two miles a day, every day, until the day he died.
A car wreck took him, not the walking.
That man moved.
So I started in on myself:
“Why can’t I do what he did?”
“Why can’t I be more like him?”
But that’s self-sabotage in disguise.
Comparison dressed up as ambition.
I live in a different body.
A different rhythm.
A different season.
He walked two miles.
I walk an 18-foot hallway, back and forth, again and again.
Same soul. Different steps.
So please—stop comparing your blooming to someone else’s.
Stop making your pace the problem.
Stop thinking your path has to look like theirs.
You’re building something that has never been built before.
And it deserves your full attention.
Before you go to bed tonight, write down one thing that went well today.
Just one.
Maybe your coffee tasted just right.
Maybe you paused long enough to breathe.
Maybe something I said reached something you needed.
Not every day can be all bad.
There’s too much good in the world.
But you’ve got to go look for it.
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