There is something to be said about starting something new. I’ve had the pleasure over the course of my years to be at the inception of quite a few ventures, some were my own, but some were of friends or family in whom I believed, and nope, I have no regrets. Some things flourished and some failed, but the beauty and joy of all of it was the experience. Like the fresh bloom of a flower, it’s so amazing, beautiful, and can leave you awestruck, so can the fresh bloom of an idea, a project, a business, a relationship.

The flip side of course is if it fails to thrive, or heaven forbids it dies altogether…the end of the project, the end of the business, the end of the relationship. This part of the experience is hard and nearly impossible to stomach, depending on how vested you were, right? Depending on what value it held, he/she held. So, then we find ourselves grieving. We grieve all kinds of losses, big and small, and sometimes without even realizing that we’re grieving. And here’s the thing, g-r-i-e-v-e [get right into emitting vital emotions]. Now I literally just made that up and so what if it didn’t EAT like I had hoped; you catch my drift. But it’s so necessary, because the sooner you give yourself permission to g-r-i-e-v-e, the sooner you can partake in a FRESH BLOOM.

And I get it, who wants those yucky feelings that comes with grief? But we can’t get to the joy, until we get through the grief. Faking it, until you make it in this sense, doesn’t cut it. You want to get back to genuine laughter, genuine joy, and through the grief my friend, is the only way! Fresh blooms are waiting. What do you need to grieve today? If you need help, grab a copy of one of my guided grief journals and thank me later.