Tomorrow my friend and I will find out if we win a publishing contest. We have been so busy with other parts of our lives that we haven’t had time to worry or concern ourselves too deeply in the outcome. Although we both sincerely really want to win this contest, we are detached from fixating on the win.
Success does not rest on winning a contest. I believe success lies within the people we help, the readers who enjoy our work and get joy from our message. When we started our joint literary adventure, we were very clear with each other that we truly wanted to help others find joy in their lives. We have both been through our share of tough times and we wanted to share with others how we chose to cope, heal, and rise above to make it through to today.
The community we build on acceptance of being authentically you, doing our best to level up in our lives by being better and doing better, while seeking joy in our lives every day, even the crap days, is exactly what we wanted to create.
We wanted to create a non-judgmental community of authentic, great, and magical in their own way kind of people, that are willing to accept and cherish others for their differences. To create and celebrate everyone’s uniqueness. We celebrate eccentric and unconventional people who do what they can to truly stay authentic to themselves while being the best person they can be.
When deciding to write these books of lessons, we kept in mind that most people at the core of their beings are good. Knowing that even those with the best of intentions make mistakes in their lives, including ourselves. We believe that in general, most people are doing the best that they can in the time and space they are given when on the journey of life.
This gave us strength to be brave enough and support each other while spilling our guts, our dreams, our fears and our feelings out on to the pages of our books. We try to keep our blogs positive because we know that the world is bursting with stories of the opposite. While being authentic and honest that life isn’t always joyful but how I choose to handle myself during those times it is what matters most.
We are fully aware and intentional of the energy we send out into the world with our words. This makes me try to be accountable and hold myself to the standard of joy, love, and kindness. I my best to be a light in the dark.
I see the good in the world because I am looking for it. If I can’t find it, I can create joy myself. I don’t need music to dance, when I feel the beat of my own rhythm inside. I can choose to radiate with joy because that is what I need to feel in my own life.
We understand that winning a contest would indeed be exciting and joyous for us both. We also believe that life will support us on the path to our highest and greatest good. No matter where it leads or how it looks.
If we win, we will be ecstatic and overwhelmed with thankfulness! If we do not, we will not be discouraged. We will keep on, keeping on. That is part of the adventure too. Together we have learned to trust life to bring us exactly where we need to be.
This experience has been a giant blessing gift wrapped in well-earned wisdom, and we get to use on all paths of our journey.
This is the magical stuff of life. Starting out in the deep forest of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area. “Two hippie chicks just looking for enlightenment one portage at a time.” has led us to situations in our lives we would have never even imagined.
I believe we will succeed; it may not look like what we think, but I know that no matter what… it’s going to be fabulous, because we will make is so!
Thank you for reading my words while I reach for the stars. I hope that you will learn from our wins, our losses and enjoy our unique views on the world around us. I cannot wait to share the next steps of my adventures with you.
Sending you love, luck and most of all JOY!
Wishing you an abundance of love and blessings,
Emy Minzel ~
Emy Minzel 