Where do you belong?

Hey 👋

Are you knocking on shut doors? Well, there’s a very, very old saying: "A prophet is not heard in his own land.’ ... Is that you?

We humans are prone to avoiding what scares us. Equally, we like to stay in comfort, what is familiar.

But that may not be where our salt - our message, our being - is needed most.

To find where it is needed, you need to see closed doors as helpers, accepting them for what they are: signs that save you time by kindly telling you _‘this is not for you’_. Keep walking and you’ll eventually find an open one.

But to paraphrase the Stones, that door is likely to be _‘not what you want, but what you need,’_ humility takes us far.

Yes, it is daunting; we don’t know where that door leads. But dreams come true when you leave the safe harbour of home. And let’s add another cliche into this newsletter: ‘smooth seas don’t make skilled sailors’... the fear of departing is real.

Starting somewhere new, no matter how small, is a big transition. Sometimes it requires you to walk a while on a road before you get to where you are going. Sometimes you don’t know where you are going at all.

Yet, the growth found within the journey is beyond compare. The rich motion, momentum, and experience shape our sense of self for the rest of our lives. But that requires letting go of the old.

I cant help but think of cliches today - ‘Oh what if I fail?, But darling, what if you fly?’ … ‘The journey is the destination’ … cliches keep rising in my mind as I write.

Overcoming the initial fear is where you walk into your rightful place.

This could mean a personal journey, a new job, industry, career, or even a nation. Wherever people have the openness to hear and see you for who you are.