Yes Please

Week 2 of the wonderful Amy Palko’s I believe challenge!!

This week I’m exploring the freedom of the following self truth….

I believe….. that sharing a dream brings it into fruition!!

It’s such a wonderful concept yet one which fills many with a lingering feeling of doubt. The conditioning that you have to keep your ideas and dreams to yourself or someone else may ‘use or abuse it’ runs through our minds leaving the dirty traces of fear and contempt.  So many times I have been told to keep my work a secret, to not let others in on the planning stage unless you have to.  I realised the fear I was harbouring the most was the fear that my idea would be scoffed at, that in the early stages of planning, it would be deemed as being fanciful, full of errors and naivety.  This was the main reason, for so long, I kept myself to myself and never reached out for help and support during those essential foundation setting times.

This idea of having to plod on, doing it all by myself never really sat very well for me, it all just seemed so… boring!!  To not have someone to bat the ideas of, to allow the creation process to really flow, my ideas, my dreams and goals plummeted into the folder of… ‘ideas to work on’, which is all well in good until you happen upon this folder and realise those ideas have been sitting there for a year or two (or three!) and STILL haven’t been allowed to see the light of day!!

It got me thinking of how many of us are still stuck with this ‘old school’ train of thought that collaboration is wrong, that working on projects singularly is the only way to go, unless you want to be labelled as a ‘cheat’ or you don’t receive the credit for your part to play in it all.  I for one remember those thoughts being put upon my sponge like mind at a very young age, ‘head down and keep your eyes on your own work!!’  Still ring in my ears.  I wonder if they ever realised that teaching in this way was a sure way to KILL the creative process?

So, I decided that this train of thought, this conditioning and limiting belief, I had bestowed upon and then chose to carry on living, was in need to take a long walk off a short cliff as it certainly wasn’t serving me, my creative process or my ideas.  I quickly packed its bag and sent it on its way with the intent that it had no space in my life any more… as with anything which we cut ties from, it leaves a space to fill, I could fill it with another belief that could be surrounded by doubt and fear of sharing my creations or… I could simply… share.  I could share with my partner, my colleagues, my facebook groups and my friends.  I could share on my website, my blog and with clients.  So that is what I did and the effects have been ASTOUNDING!!

I LOVE SHARING!!  I love listening to what others say and then allowing their guidance to sit with me to see if it’s right or not, to see if it’s something I wish to get my teeth into or not.  Like with anything, there really was no right or wrong in this creation process for whatever the outcome, however the dream or idea evolved, would be right for me!!

My new creation, my beautiful Anam Cara Awareness Cards, is evidence that opening your heart, sharing your vision, your voice, with others really do allow things to take form.  I shared my vision and received some wonderful support to get started, I shared my needs and the solutions came flying in.  I’m now in the process of creating further products such as workbooks, storybooks, workshops, retreats, an never ending list of wonderful, juicy products and services for those who wish to join me, through the wonderful art of collaboration and I know that the Anam Cara structure wouldn’t be as scrumptiously inviting if it weren’t for those who I shared my vision and dream with.

So without further a do, I would like to thank the following people for allowing me to share in my dreams to bring them into fruition…

Barry Turner – My wonderful husband who has helped me in so many, many ways.

Amy Palko – For your guidance, your inspiration and your wonderful ‘structuring’

Joanne Richardson – For your belief in me and my gift (and helping me rename one of them and launching them into the public domain for the first time hee hee)

Maggi Sale – For introducing me to the concept of Anam Cara through the wonderful John O’Donohue

My friends in the Starlight Community Facebook Group

For all my clients and friends who have received a reading and your wonderful feedback!!

I believe….. that sharing a dream brings it into fruition!!

and I always will!