Becoming Her

Call me crazy, you wouldn’t be the first. But I truly believe there is nothing out of reach for us. I believe we’re all born with hopes and dreams in seed form, tucked inside our souls. Those seeds are ours to water, nurture, protect, and tend. Given the right care, they grow, just like a mighty oak stretching strong and undeniable toward the sky.

I often think about the first time I saw Post Malone’s very first music video. If you’ve never seen it, go look it up, it’s a little ridiculous… if we’re being honest. But here’s the thing: he knew. He knew he had a seed inside him, and he believed if he put himself out there, it would grow into something bigger than he could imagine.

Or take Lady Gaga, my personal spirit animal. She’s talked openly about being called “crazy” and not believed in. The same goes for Halsey. And then there’s Joyce Meyer, another inspiration of mine, who rose from a horrific childhood and didn’t even start her ministry until later in life. Every one of them had something in common: an unshakable, undeniable belief in what was inside them.

Did they have proof it would work? No. In fact, most of them had circumstances stacked against them. Some had stories of taking one step forward only to be pushed three steps back. But still, they kept going.

I believe I will see my dreams come to pass, too. I also believe that belief itself will land me in sticky situations…sometimes requiring me to walk alone, sometimes forcing me to leap without knowing where I’ll land. It’s trust. It’s faith. It’s risk. Call it delusion if you want. But I know those seeds were planted for me to tend.

So I’ll keep watering my garden. I’ll keep pulling weeds. I’ll keep showing up. And I’ll watch as those seeds, my dreams, my desires…become reality.

And I encourage you to do the same. 

Find your garden. Nurture it. Protect it. Believe in it.
Let’s watch it grow.