One of the mantras I’ve been practicing is:

Right where I am is fertile ground.

I say this to myself when I feel stuck, frustrated, or annoyed -- when I’m spiraling in negativity or feeling creatively stuck or thinking I should be somewhere else feeling something else --

when I’m thinking that something needs to be different (inside or around me) for me to be okay.

I say this mantra to remember that right where I am is the perfect place to start.

Because it’s the only place to start.

Because right here, right now, aliveness is happening.

And in this space, I have everything I need to take the one right next step: feelings to feel, kindness to give, space to allow, and breaths to take.

Right here is a fertile space that supports goodness + growth.

What might it look like to remember that?