Community

“Do you have a community?” Those words rang in my mind over and over again after two different women said them to me.

The truth? No. No, I didn’t. And if we’re being honest, I never had. Sure, I have loved ones and close friendships that I hold near and dear to my heart, but how many people can I tell that I saw a dragon today without them calling me weird or quite literally laughing in my face? I knew I needed to create it, if not for anyone else, then for myself. I at least owed it to myself to love myself enough to allow my full authenticity to be shared. After all, isn’t that the point of this incarnation? It’s one thing to know your soul’s purpose and it’s another to live it.

For me, learning to be authentic wasn’t the hard part. It was the fear of public perception that kept me caged. This had me at a stalemate for a very long time. So long, in fact, that I hired a mentor and joined an online community of women who were all at similar life stages to go through this journey together. And let me tell ya. All of that “woo woo doesn’t work” is absolute nonsense and shows a proven lack of intelligence.

So, community. Let’s build it shall we. I have started making small shifts, like instead of writing in bed all day, I have been consciously getting up and going to a bakery to write for a few hours and bring drink cafes. That small, and seemingly insignificant change has been very effective in building a daily routine that aligns with my end result. Which allows me to remain in effortless flow along my journey.

In that very moment as if fully planned by fate. A wholesome moment of the day restored my faith in knowing I am in the right place. I am currently on holiday in Colombia searching for the perfect neighborhood to set up home base for the next few months. We all know how much I love a boutique hotel. The hotel concierge let in a group of locals who wanted to check out the house and have a dip in the pool. She looked back at me, I smiled, she nodded, opened the gate and all was well.

Community. What if community is defined as something as simple as a small gesture to make someone’s day a little better. What if it’s really that simple in creating? What if. And then maybe we could do something radical, like all get along. Wouldn’t that be something?

Xoxo,

Presh