Show Up

Sometimes, we just show up. Tonight, I am showing up to write this post because I promised myself that I would write a weekly blogpost and so here I am…writing my weekly blogpost. Today, the words aren’t flowing as easily as they sometimes do. The thoughts are cleared… Maybe thanks to the ten minute meditation I just did. At least that’s working out for me. Anyhow, despite the fact that I feel like I have nothing to say today, I am here. When we break promises to ourselves, we put cracks in the foundation of trust. When we can count on ourselves to show up, even when we don’t feel like it, we continue to learn that we are dependable, that we care. Now, don’t get me wrong, there are times we need to give ourselves breaks and have grace for mistakes so there is definitely room for that too. But right now is not one of those times for me. Right now is a time of writing for the sake of writing, letting the words that come to my brain come onto this webs page so that anyone following along can recognize that they too can show up for themselves. Today, show up for your creative practice, whatever it is. If you promised yourself, keep that promise.