Stop Censoring The Calling
When is the last time you missed out on an experience because you censored yourself? Instead of heeding your calling, you filtered it first through someone else's eyes or dragged out a story from your past to prove why it wasn't a good idea.
We make so many assumptions. Those assumptions filter out magical experiences that make us feel connected and alive.
Censor your censor and a whole new world will open up to you. That is when the magic of helpful strangers, timing, and opportunity appears.
Years ago I delightfully hitchhiked from Hamburg, Germany to Biella, Italy. Each of the eight rides were truly magical. One ride in a sleek black Porsche along the autobahn led to a commission for 6 large paintings — which paid for my entire overseas trip several times over.
Take a moment to reflect: How did you censor yourself in the past week? What story did you make up that created the censoring? What patterns are you now discovering?
Remember your brain's job is to protect you from all danger, real or imagined. Unless you are about to head into a jungle full of tigers, most dangers are really just a story perceived as real. Life is just full of paper tigers. If you choose to take this on, a whole new world will open up to you.