The Next Right Thing

29: Remember the Real Art


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When you hold a dream – to craft a song, write a book, open a shop, get a degree – it can be hard to let it go even when the dream no longer fits. It feels like more than a loss, it feels like failure.

But it doesn’t have to. In fact, what if the letting go was actually a making room?

The real art isn’t the song, the book, the shop or the degree. The real art is something more, something deeper, something good. 

Today I'll share a story of a couple who realized their next right thing was to let a long-held dream go. But because they understood the real art, the dream lives on.

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  • A Million Little Ways: Uncover the Art You Were Made To Live by me, Emily P. Freeman
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