LEAD WHILE LIVING

For those who thought they had to wait until they were whole.

You thought you had to wait.

Wait until the wound was closed. Until the heartbreak had softened into a neat parable. Until the bank account said "safe" and your breath no longer caught in your chest. You thought your voice had to be steady. Your hands still. Your mornings perfectly ritualized and your nights washed clean of anxiety.

You thought leading meant arriving.

But here's the truth: leading means living.

Not above life, not after it, not beyond the storm. Right in the very center of it.

You lead while your heart is still trembling. You guide others while your knees are still scraping the floor. You speak while your voice shakes, because what makes you a lighthouse isn’t that you’ve never been lost. It’s that you learned how to float when the waves tried to take you under.

This world doesn’t need gods or gurus. It needs humans. Awake ones. Honest ones. People who are willing to walk barefoot through the mess and still hold out their hand to another.

You don’t need to wait to be whole to be holy.

You don’t need a title, a stage, a seminar. You don’t need permission.

You are the permission.

And yes, sharing your story is scary. Once it’s out there, it’s out there. People might twist it, judge it, repurpose it. People in your life may learn things they never knew. And they may use that knowledge carelessly, like children holding something breakable.

Let them.

Let them misunderstand. Let them wrestle with their own projections. Let them point if they must. Because their pointing fingers only highlight the truth: that you stood up when it would have been easier to stay down. That you chose visibility over comfort. That you led while living.

Somewhere out there is someone whose life will shift because you chose to speak. Because you dared to show your boat in the storm.

Life isn’t calm waters. It never was. There are days when the wind changes without warning. When the sharks circle. When the sails tear. And you—you will feel it all.

But that doesn’t mean you’re not ready.

Balance isn’t about perfection. It’s about responsiveness. It’s about adjusting your weight in real time. Shifting your stance. Trusting your vessel. Your body, your soul, your life—they’re not fragile. They’re built for movement. Built for balance. Built to weather.

So if you’re waiting for the moment when it all feels settled—look again. Maybe this, right now, is your moment. Maybe your very presence, wobbling but awake, is what someone else needs to see.

Not because you have all the answers. But because you have the audacity to live inside the questions.

Lead while living. Let the storm be your stage. Let the waves bear witness.

And if your voice shakes, let it. It means you’re still breathing. It means you’re still here. It means your life is your legacy.

Amplify Your AURA!