I listened to Jimmy O Yang read his book “How To American” recently and heard him say, “we only realize the goal wasn’t the prize when we get there.” It is easy to get caught up in reaching specific goals because everyone else is doing it. Often times our goals start out vibrant and colorful and we enjoy the creative process of mixing those colors and creating beauty. But somewhere along the way the colors get darker and mixed up. Sometimes we don’t like what we’ve created anymore. We realize that the goal wasn’t the prize. This week’s encouragement is to enjoy the journey, the creative process, even in the hard and also allow ourselves the freedom to dump out the end result (or the goal) if we need too. You are not alone!