Are you waiting for clarity before making a move, afraid you’ll choose wrong? We’ve all been there, standing still, rooted in fear, waiting for the “right” answer. But if we never try, how will we ever know?
Sometimes the best thing we can do is throw a dart and hope it sticks. And if it doesn’t, we throw another. Each one teaches us something, how to trust ourselves, how to begin again, how to survive the not-knowing.
Like raising children, life doesn’t come with a handbook. We’re here to learn, grow, and take chances. If we never throw that dart, we may miss the beautiful things waiting for us just beyond hesitation. It’s not about hitting the bullseye every time. It’s about the trying, the movement, the courage to act.
Life has offered me this lesson more than once, but one time stands out clearly in my memory. My Facebook page became a visible extension of my heart work, a space where I spread love and understanding through my soul’s musings with the world. In 2021, I started a page that quickly grew to 42,000 followers. It felt amazing to see that my words and desire to spread compassion were resonating. But along with the love came something else: bullying and hate. I didn’t understand how something created from a place of kindness could become so toxic.
Each morning, I would rise early to write my daily Soul Musings. Before I even sat down, fear would whisper, warning me not to post. My heart would counter, saying, If there’s but one person you can help today, it’s worth whatever comes. I’d whisper a quiet prayer for protection and hit publish. Then the fear would rush back in as the notifications began, bringing love, gratitude, and connection, and woven between them, cruelty. I cried more times than I can count, asking, Why? I’m only trying to remind people they matter.
Then, in 2023, hackers took my page. Despite countless emails to Facebook, nothing was done. My page, my heart’s work, was taken over and turned into something unrecognizable. For a time, I felt both anger and relief. Relief that I no longer had to face the daily storm of hate. Eventually, I accepted that maybe that chapter had closed, and I was done with social media.
Then, in September 2025, Facebook deleted the hacked page, freeing the name I had once built with so much love. I suddenly had a choice: stay in my resolve that I was finished, or start again from the bottom. Something fierce rose in me. I wasn’t the same person anymore. The years in between had brought pain, growth, and strength. I had walked through fire and come out more sure of who I was. Why should I fear what someone behind a screen thought of me? Their pain and lack of peace weren’t mine to carry.
So I decided to begin again. To build from a stronger foundation. The spirit of the lion within me, the same spirit we all carry, rose up. Like the phoenix from the ashes, I rose. In those years between, I remembered who I was. I healed. I rose.
What I’ve learned is that the point was never about numbers or approval. It was about showing up, even when my hands shook. It was about finding the courage to try again when life whispered, Start over.
We all face those moments when fear, loss, or exhaustion make us wonder if it’s worth it. But every time we throw another dart, we remind life that we’re still here, still willing, still growing.
So wherever you are today, pick up your own dart. Let the spark inside you rise. Try again, not because you know it will work, but because your soul deserves the chance to see what might.
Have you noticed that the moment you choose yourself, people often don’t understand? They might say, “You’ve changed,” or, “You’ve become hard.”
The truth is, when you start standing in your power, those who once relied on your compliance can feel unsettled. You are no longer a fictional character in their story, one they wrote to keep themselves comfortable. You’re the hero now, creating a story of your own making.
By now, you’ve lived enough life to know that others will characterize you at the level of their own wounds. It doesn’t matter who they believe you to be; your power lies in how you see yourself.
For too long, we’ve allowed the noise of others — their expectations, opinions, and projections — to seep into our inner world. But there comes a time when your soul says, enough. You step off their merry-go-round and choose your own path, one of peace, joy, and authenticity over approval.
Some will pull away because they can no longer control the version of you that stayed small to keep them comfortable. They may feel powerless because they can’t understand why you no longer show up the way you used to.
This choice to stand in your power can feel isolating and even frightening, but if we don’t defend our right to live wholly, freely, and authentically, who will?
Rising in your truth is not rebellion. It’s you remembering your value.
It begins within — the healing, the remembering, the rising.
Each time you choose compassion over criticism and authenticity over perfection, the light within you grows.
And that light? It helps heal the world. 🤍
Dear Rising Soul,
Are you tired of chasing perfection? Afraid that if you aren’t thin enough, wise enough, or worthy enough, you can’t risk being seen? To be perfect is the biggest lie we tell ourselves. You don’t need to be perfect; you need to be you.
There is no mountain to climb, valley to trudge through, gold medal to be won, or degree to be earned to be worthy of your place in this world. The day you drew breath, you were enough. Somewhere along the way, conditioning made us forget that we were divinely created.
When we accept our humanness and offer ourselves compassion and grace, we let go of self-criticism. We stop giving weight to opinions or to others’ judgments that are often projections of their own pain. We align with “know thyself” and step into the quiet strength within us that reminds us that people will always have opinions, but the one that matters most is the one we hold of ourselves.
When we build our worth through our own eyes, we step out of the illusions and constraints of conditioning and learn to offer ourselves grace, love, and forgiveness. We begin to move to the rhythm of our own drum and let the noise of others fade away.
You are worthy, beautiful soul. You define what is right for you, never measured by someone else’s perception, but by the love within that softly reminds you, you are good enough right now, in this very moment. You deserve to take up space in this world. It is your birthright.
Do you know that moment when you’ve come through a rough season filled with more challenges than you knew what to do with, and you finally find yourself standing on the other side? You pause, look back at where you’ve been, and realize you made it through. You’re not sure how, but here you are, still standing and still rising.
You stand in awe, in quiet victory, and see the strength and courage it took to keep going on the days you didn’t think you could. The moments you wanted to stay down but chose instead to put one foot in front of the other and say, as Andrew Garfield’s character in 𝘏𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘴𝘢𝘸 𝘙𝘪𝘥𝘨𝘦 whispered, “Just one more.”
It’s the quiet applause you give yourself, not for validation from the world or outside sources, but that humble whisper within that says, 𝘐 𝘥𝘪𝘥 𝘪𝘵.
Congratulations, dear soul. When the going got tough, you never gave up. You persevered, and that deserves self-recognition and a soul hug. Well done.
Sometimes life isn’t asking you to do more. It’s inviting you to pause and simply be.
Dear Rising Soul, Do you ever feel the constant pressure to perform, the edginess and anxiety that come from trying to operate at top speed, and believe that if you slow down, you’re somehow failing? You’re not alone.
We live in a world that glorifies overdrive and productivity, where it often feels impossible to catch our breath. And we wonder why exhaustion, anxiety, and despair have become so common.
Too often, it isn’t until our bodies and minds break down that we finally listen to the quiet wisdom within, the whisper that says, slow down, take a breath, pause, reflect.
In this stillness, we begin to see that we’ve been moving against the current of life, swimming upstream and wondering why we feel so tired. We were never meant to live on autopilot or simply survive.
Life moves in seasons, an ebb and flow of challenge and rest, of highs and lows. When we find ourselves in more downs than ups, it’s often life inviting us to pause and look inward.
Ask yourself: ✨ What isn’t working? ✨ What needs to shift or be released? ✨ Where have I become stagnant?
The clarity that comes from reflection is the medicine our souls long for. It’s how we find our way back to peace, purpose, and balance.
But if we never slow down long enough to listen, how can we ever know where to begin?
You already hold the wisdom within you, the answers, the truth, the way forward.
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