Deciding You're Enough

July 5, 2021

A lesson in “not enoughness”: I loved this painting, only I didn’t realize how much. I thought it needed something else…though I couldn’t articulate what. So I kept painting.⁣⁣

And guess what? I accidentally destroyed what I loved. This painting is no longer here. I didn’t think it was enough. So I covered it up, and it is no longer here.⁣⁣

Isn’t it funny how we’ll do that sometimes? How we think something isn’t enough only to realize it is exactly what we wanted in the first place?⁣⁣

The antidote? A great pause. Perspective. Grace. And giving yourself permission to listen to the voice that says, “I think I like that.” Nine times out of ten, you do; you’ve just fallen out of practice with trusting yourself.⁣⁣

Today’s studio goals: Recreate a version of this beautiful painting bathed in grace and unconditional love.⁣