Staying True to Your Path
December 1, 2022 4 min read/listen
In the last 2 months, 30 people unsubscribed to my newsletter, The Jennuine Way. Ouch.
Now, I could tell you that didn’t feel like a big ouch in the slightest, but I’d be lying.
I had a moment or two of hearing those voices inside saying, “Nobody wants what I have! I’m too flowery! I’m too spiritual! People want humour! They want light, easy! You’re too serious!” Blah blah blah. I’m sure you can relate.
Those voices are inside of us and they can be really powerful. And yet, we want to bring what we have to offer to the world. We want to shine!
I mean, think about it. How many people do you know, including yourself, who are really bravely answering the call within themselves? To the best of their ability bringing what they want, creating what they want, being who they truly desire to be, while also getting tossed off track by those old fears of being “too much” or “not enough”?
You know what I’m talking about, don’t you?
So, what did I do? Well, I allowed myself my moment or two to see and acknowledge and hear those “fear” thoughts. I didn’t push them down, I didn’t ignore them, and I didn’t put a big hate on for them. I just gave them some space, and then I pulled up my big-girl-entrepreneur pants and asked my most favourite, empowering question…
“What could be here for you to see, Jenn?”
You see, it’s more than just the circumstances. People subscribe and unsubscribe all the freaking time, but the voices that came up in me tell me there’s something to work through here.
What could be here for me to see, or to know, or to understand, or to claim?
There are lots of answers to that question but what came initially was that I was being reminded to stay true to my path and my personal why for being here.
I’m creating something, it’s unfolding and getting clearer as I go AND…AND AND AND…it won’t resonate for everyone AND…that is okay. We have to let it be okay.
You want to know what truly matters when it comes to YOU living genuinely as your truest self, sharing your gifts and offers to the world, as you grow and expand?
Well, first of all we can’t get caught up in the stories our egos want to make about why people do what they do in response to what you bring to the world or who you are. If we do, we will face plant into making everything personal, and this is a direct tumble into the old place that we all know of living small. And we’re not here to live small, are we?
Let me offer you this: people will follow you on your social media, and some won’t. People will ask you how you are and really care about your answer, and some won’t. People will love your profile – your humour, your courage, your inspiration – and some won’t. People will want your services. Your offerings, they’ll resonate like mad with what you have to bring to the world – and some won’t.
People will celebrate your wins, your bold decisions, your ballsy goals, your big beautiful passionate dreams – and some won’t.
The point here is that whether they like or don’t like you is not what matters. What must truly matter above all is that YOU like you. That YOU know why you’re bringing what you’re bringing, why it matters to YOU, what the impact is that YOU want to have.
What must truly matter is that YOU know you. That you celebrate you, hear you, praise you, BE YOU. Love you.
And that starts with knowing your worth. Actually, it starts first with choosing to believe – no matter what – that who you are, and who you are becoming, and what you have to offer, is absolutely worthy.
So keep going – whatever it is you’re creating, whatever way you’re growing, whatever you are bringing to others – keep going. There are people for you. There is a place for you in this world.
Jenn
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