Safe Embrace, Ocean Beach, Jan 2009.
It’s safe to quit your day job!(?) What?
Well… I don’t want to get in trouble for telling you this because we all have different lives and have to make decisions that are right for each one of us! But what I’m trying to say is that it feels incredibly good to follow your own heart. Of course you must prepare for it. But if you find yourself in the position to do so.. Leap!
I’ve been running around doing photo shoots and prepping for another trip up to Whidbey Island, WA. But I didn’t want to go away for the weekend without telling you that I’ve been through a whole month now of being self-employed! Yay! In the midst of all I want to share here, there is one sentence that has been shouting out loud in my head:
Tell them it’s safe! It’s safe!
And so here it is.
As I rush out the door… I leave you a quote from the amazing Julia Cameron and a safe embrace.
Trust yourself. When you follow your heart there is a certain feeling of power that overcomes any fears, any inner chatter… It’s only you and your own vibrant life-source making it all happen.
And it’s safe, I promise.
Creativity requires faith, faith requires that we relinquish control. This is frightening and we resist it. Our resistance to our creativity is a form of self destruction. We throw up road blocks on our own path. Why do we do this? To try to maintain an illusion of control. Depression, like anger and anxiety, is resistance, and it creates dis-ease. This manifests itself as sluggishness, confusion, “I don’t know…”
*** Just a pause here to say… This really resonates with me and how I was (not) living before I quit.
The truth is, we do know and we know what we know.
Each one of us has an inner dream that we can unfold if we will just have courage to admit what it is. And the faith to trust our own admission. The admitting is very difficult. A clearing affirmation is often very difficult. A clearing affirmation can often open the channel. One excellent one is “I know the things I know”. Another is “I trust my own inner guide”. Either of these will eventually yield us a sense of our own directions – which we will often then promptly resist!”
*** Another pause here… Keep using these mantras and your voice will get clearer and louder. When the resistance comes… Keep pushing forward. It’s safe, I promise.
It is the inner commitment to be true to ourselves and follow our dreams that triggers the support of the universe. While we are ambivalent and erratic. The flow through our lives will be characterized by spurts of abundance and long spells of drought, when our supply dwindles to a mere trickle.
If we look back at the times when the world seemed to be a capricious and untrustworthy place, we see that we were ourselves ambivalent and conflicted in our goals and behaviors. Once we trigger an internal YES by affirming our truest goals and desires, the universe mirrors that YES and expands it.
There is a path for each one of us. When we are on our right path we have a surefootedness. We know the next right action – although not necessarily what is just around the bend.
By trusting, we learn to trust.
Julia Cameron
***
It’s safe to trust yourself and your dream.
Much love and have a great weekend!
It’s safe to quit your day job!
January 16, 2009
Thank you, thank you, thank you ~ it is as if you wrote this post for me and I intend on printing it and carrying it in my pocket for the times that I need to be reminded.
(I so want to go with you to Whidbey Island…it is just a hop, skip and jump from here!).
thank you so much for this post! I just quit my job in December and I keep telling myself…you can trust what you know.
happy travels!
I too live a hop, skip and jump from Whidbey Island! One of our favorite places. And inspiration from Julia Cameron seems to always say just what I need to hear. Thanks for posting! Have fun at (on?) Whidbey. Are you there for their writing program? If so, I will definitely want to talk to you more about that!
love this! love the photo too, you are amazing and an inspiration my dear friend!
much love!!
xoxox
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You are so encouraging. So inspiring!!!!
I said yes to self employment three years ago and I couldn’t be happier.
I think everyone should trust what they know, follow the path they forge for themselves. It is tough occasionally, but believing in yourself and your abilities goes a long way.
Alex, you are a wise woman. I wish you all the prosperity and happiness you can handle.
xoxo
Alex, it’s a wonderful thing to see what this great leap of faith has done for you. The photo is magical and reflects the path you’re creating for yourself. Bravo! You’re an inspiration. Enjoy your trip! xoxox
oh thank god. seeing as i just did.
YES!!!
YES!!!!!!!!!
:)
you GO girl
and i am right behind you all the way:)
i wish i could trust in that safety net of gossamer wings waiting for me just over the long curve of colour but alas i am not ready yet, not until my son holds his graduation paper in his hands, not yet, sigh. but that is okay because i read the inspiration of all of you and know that when it is my time, i can jump and the net will be there to catch me :)
enjoy beautiful you, xo
Sweet Alex,
I can’t tell you how much I needed this post…I had not logged on and read it until today. Now I know why. This spoke to my spirit in the exact place I am today. I will read this often today.
Thanks for sharing,
Jenn
this picture is INCREDIBLE!
and so is your story.
you are your dream and your dream
is you.
how beautiful.
xoxo
mermie
your enthusiasm is like a tonic for me today – thank you, love :) and this photos is divine x
I really needed this today! Thank you for sharing your joy.
I really needed this today! Thank you for sharing your joy.
Yay! I am so happy for you, linda Alex xoxox
this post resonated with me. thanks for putting into words what I needed to hear today. I am reminded – yet again – to trust my inner voice and the universe.
Blessings and bliss ~~
this is so inspriing! i am so happy i discovered your blog. it is truly lovely!!! best wishes, happy shooting!! bethelynk
Inspiring post.
How inspiring. I want to wrap your (so needed)words up and carry them along side my heart as a reminder. A reminder to admit, I have a dream. ; )
xxoo
thank you for listening to your heart and posting this