You are enough for your dreams

Which podcaster has ever thrown coins into a fountain for you guys ? Single line movies adn thoughts from the week.

This week, I have had a ministration (I hate that I have to use this word, it is the West African in me). It was that we were enough for their dreams.

One of the most perverse things about the self-improvement culture is the idea that you must be qualified for your dreams. You must continually mold yourself to become the hero deserving of the adventure that is your life. This is a lie, and a particularly insidious one for women, who are constantly bombarded with messages about needing to change, fix, or upgrade themselves. The irrefutable truth is that you, the hero, are sufficient when they are presented with their journey.

Erin Brockovich, Elle Woods, Andrea Sachs, and all other female heroines in history and cinema were ready for the start of their heroines journey. They needed to grow, change, develop, and become greater as their stories evolved, but they were ready for the start. Do not count yourself out of the dynamic, seismic journey that is your life just because your think that you are not “ready". Your dreams are not a reward for good behavior or self-improvement. They are your birthright. You are ready for them.

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One Phrase Movie

There is a podcast that I listen to that talks about the one-chart businesses. For example, here is a chart that shows the rise of creation instead of the regular in-earth burial.

This meant that you could build an entire business based of this single chart/trend. Over the past few weeks, as I have said “YES” to life, I have had the privilege to meet and have conversations with older women. And I came up with the idea called “one-line movie”. This is the idea that a great movie could be made around a single line from the lives of these women. These are some of the single lines and the circumstances that I heard them.

1. My life started at 30

I was touring a gym when I met a woman who shared this line. As we chatted by the swimming pool full of kids, she told me about her life. She told me how her life started in her 30s. She had many boyfriends growing up, but when she was ready, she went to a fountain dedicated to a significant saint, threw in a coin, and wished for her husband. She met him that October, and they've been together for over ten years. She enjoyed her youth, and when she was ready to settle down, everything fell into place. I told her that I would also throw some coins and she asked me “But, are you ready for love?”. That is a convo for another day.