Walking Through Open Doors

Right now, it's about walking through doors while they're opening wide in front of me. Not knowing exactly where they're leading, but knowing they're the right doors.

It also means not trying to force open doors that aren't ready to open. That's a lesson I learned this week.

The doors with my government advocacy work have been flying open, sometimes faster than I'm ready for. But running through them feels easy, right, joyful. The retreat doors? They felt heavy, blocked, forced. I could have kept pushing. I still believe with conviction that the retreats will happen. And yet every cell in my body was pulling me toward the open advocacy doors, even though I don't know with certainty where they lead. I don't feel a compelling need to know right now either.

All I know is that these are the right doors.

Trying to force the others open right now isn't only futile. It's anchoring me down from the lightness of the doors that are already wide open. If I focus my energy and joy on those open doors, in time the others will open freely. And what's on the other side will be richer than anything I could imagine now.

The lesson: go where the energy is. The lightness. The joy. Lean in with your whole self. Keep flying even if you don't know the exact direction, because there's momentum in joy. It creates energy that forcing never can.

It's okay to pivot. Pivoting isn't failure. Sometimes the most courageous thing you can do is stop forcing and start following. Take the first step and trust the next one will appear.

I'm not letting go of the retreats. I'm letting go of the timeline. It's not abandonment. It's faith.

The hold up from the universe has a purpose. It's not blocking me from the retreats. It's building the foundation that will make them extraordinary when they happen. Every conversation I have with an MPP, every policy door I walk through, every relationship I build in this advocacy work becomes the credibility and depth that transforms my retreats from something good into something truly powerful.

I'm not losing ground. I'm gaining altitude.

When something feels locked, sometimes the bravest thing is to stop pushing and start listening.

Gaining altitude,

Tamara