My Brave Beginnings workshop participants and I have been working with meeting our fears unflinchingly… or trying to at least. Leaning into them, letting them speak their minds and occupy our bodies even as we move towards the deepest callings of our hearts.

It can super fucking hard work to create an uncharted life committed to “following your bliss,” but I KNOW it is worth it! Even though it is scary sometimes. So the words of Hafiz below are just what I need right now to keep moving down this mysterious and beautiful path! Even when it’s cloudy, the light is always there.

May you feel the encouragement of light against your being today! xoxo Bex

How did the Rose?

How
did the rose
ever open its heart
and give to this world all of its beauty?
It felt the encouragement of light against its being,
otherwise we all remain too
frightened.

–Hafiz