You think there are languages you don’t yet know, languages that will help move your work forward, and that thought is alluring. You can always learn Greek or Italian, SEO or marketing lingo. But.
You already speak the language.
Of feeling, and of knowing.
The languages of dedication and of craft, of kindness and of steady perseverance speak loudest of all, and these, you already have at your disposal.
You already know that the hardest work is letting yourself be seen. Letting your truest self be known, letting your feelings come to light and owning them as only a creator or artist or maker can; letting all that is you and your truest talent in the world come forward instead of hoping a plan, a formula, a class or a course will close the gap between your reality and your desires.
You already speak the language.
Of feeling, and of knowing.
When you stop pretending you don’t know;
when you stop acting like someone else has the answer;
when you’re brave enough to go in, and in, and in,
down and down and down.
Then everything will change —
and by everything, I mean nothing at all.
The world will be exactly as it was, dirty and messy,
boring and endless, small and tedious,
but you will have grasped somewhere,
all the way down, the tiniest kernel
of your own knowing.
You still won’t speak Greek or Italian or SEO.
But you’ll know those aren’t the most important words,
nor are they your hardest work.
When you’re ready — you’ll stop distracting yourself.
And that will make all the difference.
