We are often taught that the value of a project is measured solely by its profitability. However, I have learned that every step, every venture, and every apparent fall has a sacred pedagogical function. Nothing we do is in vain; we are always being prepared for the place our being is leading us. Work is not just a livelihood; it is the stage where we learn to occupy our throne.
The First Seed: Coming Out of the Shell
My journey began with necessity. When my first son was born, the urgency of generating income from home led me to take refuge in one of my passions: the history of costume. I created a platform that grew in importance, but it was born from scarcity, from “having to earn money.” For ten years, I gave my energy to this project without seeing a financial return, but today I understand that what I gained was incalculable.
That experience forced me to break out of my shell. It threw me into the public arena: to read, to write, to receive criticism, and to lead others who joined my vision. It didn’t give me money, but it gave me something more vital: it forced me to show myself and made me see that I was capable of much more than my mind allowed me to believe.
The Second Initiation: The Reflection of Energy
My next step was creating handmade jewelry. For the first time, I made objects where I saw myself fully reflected; each piece vibrated with my aesthetic, my passion, and my energy. It was a beautiful experience that taught me the mechanics of the material world: selling, setting up a business, managing customers, and advertising.
Despite the beauty of the jewelry, it was not a profitable business. Competition was fierce, and the effort was not financially compensated. But the lesson lay elsewhere: I was learning to infuse my frequency into matter and to understand the value of my own taste.
The Awakening of Illustration: The Change of Origin
Parallel to this, there was always a constant: my love for illustration. For years I drew for pure pleasure, perfecting myself in silence while trying to make my other businesses work. But fear was a constant companion; I didn’t feel talented enough and, after trying to sell my designs without success, I would give up for periods, gripped by doubt.
Everything changed when I established internal order. Looking at my illustrations honestly, I realized they had a special magnetism. They even passed my own critical filter, which is usually absurdly severe. I saw how my art evolved: from seeking the commercial and what others were doing, to uniting my spirituality with my stroke.
Conclusion: The “Where From” as a Compass
I have made a decision: no matter what happens, this is my path. I have stopped following trends to create from what is born within me, turning my labor into a genuine offering. I have understood that it doesn’t matter if you write articles, make jewelry, or create illustrations; what is truly crucial is not what you do, but where you do it from.
Do you create from the search for approval or from what is born in you as an offering? When one creates from presence, from intuition, and from what one essentially is, money is what begins to pursue you. Conversely, when you chase money from a place of scarcity, the cost is usually very high, and you risk ending your days realizing you dedicated your life to chasing wealth you didn’t even have time to spend.
Today I choose to dedicate my time and energy to something I love deeply, that I enjoy, and that helps make the world a better place. It is not an easy route, but it is the only one that allows success to be a natural consequence of integrity.
Practice: The Altar of the Daily Offering
- Cleansing the “Should”: Before touching your tools, breathe deeply and visualize leaving outside all external expectations and that feeling of constant “debt.”
- The Change of Origin: Place your hands over your heart and then over your tools. Say internally: “I am not here to earn my worth, but to express the fullness I already am.”
- The Intention of the Offering: Dedicate your session to something larger than money (beauty, truth, joy). By transforming work into an offering, abundance flows through resonance.
- Closing in Presence: When finished, recognize that your work is an object of power because it carries your divine frequency.
