Your thing can be your thing and your gifts will make room for you.
On Saturday I stood in line to check out the first physical store for Happily Ever After, a bookstore for the romance genre. The line was around the corner and it was so much fun to see book lovers geek out over the wide range of independent authors on the shelves.
Within the genre are so many sub-genres. I’m a second chance, cowboy, romantic suspense girlie. One of the women waiting said she had no idea there were so many genres. The global market for romance novels was projected to reach 12 billion at the start of this year and it will keep growing. More than ever we are searching for reminders that good things can happen to us and that love is always the goal.
As an author of romance novels, I was inspired and reminded that there is a space for each of us in the marketplace. I had already made a commitment to improve my skills in this area and I more excited than ever to write novels that can remind us that we are loved and deserving of love.
The gift that lights you up is a gift that will make room for you. It may not be trendy or already well established as an opportunity. That’s not evidence to not pursue it. You don’t need to monetise your gift but you must honour your gift by nurturing it. This will enrich your soul and the opportunity will come for you to share your gift so others can be enriched as well.
My wish for you this week is for your own happily ever after as you allow you nurture and multiply your gift.
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