The silver lining. We’re always looking for it. The days when things feel so awful that we are left wondering what could possibly be good. Those are the days we want to hide. Like the sun, behind a cloud. But those are the days we most need to avoid hiding. I’ve had many people ask me why I choose to share so much. Posters. Thoughts. Details about what I am creating or doing. People that ask that just don’t understand. Sharing is not about me. It’s about learning and growing. It’s about giving back to others who’ve given you so much. This journey that we are all a part of, interconnected between us and the world. A journey that never ends and comes with unexpected challenges and great surprises. A journey filled with people who don’t understand us or want us to change who we are, and a journey with those friends who are truly always there. A journey that can shine like the sun, and just as quickly be struck with lightning.
A journey that it can be a true struggle to continue on the path our heart has us on. Except when it’s not. Because if you get up in the morning and do what your heart believes in, you’re headed in the right direction. Even if it doesn’t work out, even if it feels off course or against the wind. Even when others think you are just not enough. When others misunderstand your heart. You have to keep following your heart, even then. Because it’s a heart connected to others who continually inspire you. Others who pick you up when you fall. Who laugh with you when you cry. Who dream with you when you’re crazy. Your heart. Follow it. Like a little cloud drifting in the sky. It’s heading somewhere and it knows exactly where it’s going. It’s the silver lining that’s always there.
“Cloudy With a Chance of Inspiration” Clouds remind me of learning. Not an isolated event, they are a continuous process. Moving. Growing. Changing. Sometimes pausing to take shape. Some a sign of bright and breezy times, some a sign of storms of struggle. Each one a unique shape that inspires creativity. But clouds also contain inspiration. Dreams. Hope. Water to nourish growth that comes from people all around you, near and far. It comes from YOU. What you see. Think. Believe. Dream. Connect. Share. Your hope. Your heart. You. Everyone is a learner.