God gave you this bomb vision.
You feel inspired by it.
And excited for it.
And ready to build this thing out.

You read about the power of  completion over perfection and have overcome a few bumps in the road remembering that 2018 will be just as hard..

And you’re doing it.
I see you, girl.
(Inserts inconspicuous celebratory booty pop while writing in Starbucks)

And somewhere along the way you started comparing your vision to that of someone else.

You started feeling frustrated.
You wondered when more people than just ya mama would read your stuff.
You questioned your friends when they said your content was good–they’re your friends they’re supposed to say that.
You were defeated because the newness of your endeavor wore off and now people aren’t interested like before.
You are disappointed because as you look at others, you feel like you aren’t where you “should” be.

And so now I’m here to remind you:

God didn’t plant that vision in you so you could compare it to someone else’s.

With all the love I have in my heart for you (and it’s a lot),
How dare you?

How dare you harm the very thing you’ve been charged with nurturing?

Your vision is this small frail thing that lives exclusively in your mind.
Your job is to breathe life into it.
To make it strong and powerful.
To give it purpose and voice so that others can see it, be inspired by it, and then nurture their own.

And currently, you are suffocating it.
You are destroying what you’re supposed to be building ’cause you’re worried about what someone else is doing.

If God gave you the vision, He’ll make the space.

But the real question is when the space comes, will you be ready to step into it or will you have spent so much time comparing you failed to cultivate?

Comparison isn’t just the thief of joy, it’s the thief of faith.
And originality.
And creativity.

And everything else you need to bring your vision to life.

Don’t kill what you were called to create.

There’s magic in our musings, 
Nicole