I have a list of sheros and heros I call upon daily. A scroll of spiritual teachers, musicians, performers, poets, weirdos and revolutionaries.

And when I am swimming in the oceans of inspiration they have created, I always try and remind myself of their mortality.

 He’s just a dude. A guy with a notebook and something to say.

She was just a girl who couldn’t reconcile the status quo turned woman with a vision.

Most of these people had a pretty ordinary time of it. Ripe with all that human stuff: a less than perfect childhood, not too much money in their pocket, friends, a first love, a broken heart turned hopeful, a hopeful heart turned to tears, failures, abuse, dreams and fears and such.

So why? Why did they end creating a universally beloved album? Why was it them that revolutionized their field, their country? What did they do right? How did one little person do such an extraordinary thing?

Here’s what I’ve come up with:

They showed up.

When they were scared, they performed anyway.

When they had a broken heart, they sung about it.

When they were hungry, they wrote.

When others questioned their sanity, they made declarations.

They danced in their basement.

They prayed in the middle of the night.

They said “YES!”

They moved through every ounce of resistance that stood between them and what they had to do.

Something was alive in them and they couldn’t let it die with their body.

So I ask you, dear friend, “What is alive in you?”

And

Can you work through your resistance and simply do it?

Imagine if Bob Dylan said, “Aw, man, I can’t sing.” And then didn’t.

 What if Gloria Steinem went on to write articles for women about the issues of the time: pantyhose and handbags and how to please your man?

Each of us would be personally effected. The world would have lost something.

This is serious business, people.

So on this Wednesday,

take some time.

Talk to your guts. 

And listen.

Then throw fear to the fishes and do not waste another moment not singing your song.

Chris Maddox is the creator of the WILD Woman project. A teacher. A speaker. And most of all, a dreamer. More about her HERE.

The New Moon is coming. Which means WILD Woman Moon Circles. This is where we wild folk come to go inward and start turning our visions into reality. Check to see if there is one near you HERE. If not, join me for the Wild Woman Telecircle next Tuesday the 21^st, 7-9pm (EST). Note: Not to worry if you can’t make the time. You will be sent an MP3 recording of the call.

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