Beautiful LYF has been a long time in the making. And though I felt divinely led to do this, I’ve abruptly halted myself numerous times for endless reasons. I’ve been afraid of opinions, not being the right weight, having a certain amount of money, not being young enough, for the site to look like the vision in my head, convincing myself I need to move to another city first, to wait until the semester ends from teaching, to go on this trip, to talk to that person, to get yet another certification, etc. This list could continue...

 

I had to accept that the list had been my own created set backs balled up in one word: FEAR. And though I feel I have always marched to the beat of my own drum, I’ve either been hurt or fueled by the rejections in my mind. Something in me told me I was not enough. 

 

Instead of making my own dreams come true, it was easier to just play it safe. The epiphany came the day I was told that I was selfish for not sharing my gifts.  

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