Chapter 18 - Head in the Clouds
She was everything they said she was—a loony, a goofball, a dreamer. How could an intelligent, rational mind tender such ridiculous thoughts? How could she possibly think that she alone could ever make a difference?
—Nancy Taylor Rosenberg, California Angel
Suggested browsing song: Unwritten by Natasha Bedingfield
Last day on the job and saying goodbye to my reporter Perla :(
The quote she flipped my quote book open to one morning at work 😳
Driving through the ABC gates one last time ...
In that moment I cried so much and instantly questioned everything. And I filmed it. I have like a 15 minute video of me sobbing in my car. Some people might think that's weird, but I recorded this moment because even though it felt like everything was falling apart, my intuition told me that as scared as I was there would be a day in the future where I would look back and be so thankful for the courage I had that day, and want a reminder of how far I had come. And my intuition was right :)
My quote book that I started using as an oracle. And guess where I found this book ... The garage sale from chapter 8 where I found the Signs book! Everything is so interconnected that there's some details that couldn't make it into my written story.
Getting this message meant everything to me. It wasn't just encouragement ... the quote is the epitome of everything I had worked through that brought me to this moment: redefining success and reconnecting to my dreams. Not to mention the quote was written by an AUTHOR from NEW YORK. At this point the idea to write a book had already been placed on my heart. So that felt like extra confirmation of leaving my job to pursue my own purpose of becoming an author.