You must return to your neglected child and devote yourself wholly to it.

In all you do, you must say: ‘I’m doing this for you.’

Who wouldn’t do that for a child, even if that child is you?

We are all mothers and fathers because the first child we ever have is ourselves. Sadly, it is the first child we neglect.

So, forgive your negligence and never look back. Promise to advocate for the child in you and tell it: ‘I believe in you.’

To make an income from doing what you love? I believe in you. To heal with words? I believe in you. To change the world? I believe in you.

Then, let the child guide you. Trust it. It will become playful and excitable when met with the right opportunities & it will whisper to your soul: ‘This! This!’

The child is too curious to be concerned with judgement & validation.

It is too busy asking important questions: Why is the sky blue? How do bees make honey?

It cares for very little else other than the creative and the created.

Understand that the greatest pain to the child is not the rejection of others, but the rejection of yourself.

When faced with criticism and rejection, you must open your arms to the child & soothe it.

So, take your child’s hand and join the dance. Let it play and trust every step forward, and, just as much, every step backward.

There are no mistakes when you allow yourself to move and be moved.

There’s a child in you and it’s waiting for you to ask: Who am I?