Fruitful Darkness
My group, Meraki Mastermind, was supposed to begin yesterday.
However, for the first time in two years, I didn’t have enough people to make it work.
It has been said that the entrepreneurial journey is one rejection after another.
What I don’t hear discussed are the emotions that come with rejection, whether that be shame, fear, or the one I tend to feel—disappointment.
I can admit to my spiritual immaturity—I wouldn’t be disappointed if I weren’t attached to the results.
Yet, it’s hard not to be attached to the things we care about.
I admit I could have done more.
More emails, more social media, more of all the things—but something in me was ok not pushing.
Although my bank account may not agree, something feels right about it not happening.
It gives me space to continue inward into my fatherhood initiation.
I welcome the unknown even though I have no idea where it leads.
I shared this clip of David Whyte on my Instagram.
David says:
How do you know that you’re on your path?
Because it disappears.
Not knowing what the future holds means you're doing something radical.
You're giving space for the beauty that wants to emerge, rather than trying to grasp the illusion of control.
The dark unknown is where most people turn back.
Don’t.
It’s in the dark that new growth begins.
Trevor Hall calls it The Fruitful Darkness.
It’s during these times that we must have faith and trust that the path will reveal itself as we walk it.
So, whether you are in the unknown or not, my message to you, my friend, is to keep walking.
Relish in the aliveness of uncertainty.
It’s a sacred portal.