Again and again
Some people in the crowd wake up.
They have no ground in the crowd
And they emerge according to broader laws.
They carry strange customs with them,
And demand room for bold gestures.

The future speaks ruthlessly through them.

- Rainer Maria Rilke,
translated by Stephen Mitchell

Here’s the deal… the rules do not apply to you. Sure, you have circumstances, challenges, situations and reality swarming around you like the throngs of the crowd. They push at you from every angle, determined to keep you exactly where you are right now.

But that is not my concern. My concern is that you emerge from that the masses with the bold and powerful gestures that you, and you alone, were born to bring into the world.

What’s trying ruthlessly to speak through you?

What bold gestures are you hiding in those arms?

What broader law, if you followed it, would free you to become something bigger, softer, stronger, more at ease and more freely flowing?

Raise your hand and sign up for what you really want most.

Your assignment, should you chose to accept it, is to break at least one rule a day.
Burst forth into whatever ridiculousness you’re afraid of.