I have finished the first draft of one of the children’s books to be published this year.

It has only taken me three years!

I am aware of the speeding passage of time, and Dwayne Walker always comes up with some

great help on that creative journey.

His writing today, is not about time, but discernment.

There are three questions that are worth pondering over……..

 

What have I always returned to, even when it made no sense?

What future am I building toward, even if I can’t see it clearly?

What makes me feel most alive, most here, most real right now?

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Discernment.

How do you know when to lean in vs when to pull away?

How do you know when a mistake is actually a gift?

Most people think discernment is about making good choices.

But discernment isn’t about the decision…

It’s about building the instrument that makes the decision.

It’s not in the “leaning in” or the “pulling away”…

It’s in the “knowing”.

And building that instrument comes with time.

But I’m not talking about experience.

Simply leaning on your past experiences is called wisdom.

Discernment on the other hand leans in multiple directions.

It relies on your past, present, and future. All at once.

It wonders: What lesson is echoing from before? What sensation is alive in my body right now? What vision is pulling me forward?

At the intersection of those three things is where your discernment lives.

And it’s a position in space that only you can occupy.

Your unique “knowing”. Your unique “truth”.

 

When you encounter a moment that demands choice…

Like a project that intrigues you, a collaboration that feels off, a mistake that might be a blessing…

You’re not just deciding. You’re consulting your past, present, and future.

And when these three align, you lean in. When they clash, you pull away.

And the pattern of how they clash and align over time becomes a window into your style.

We think of style as what we make. It’s actually the shape of how we choose what to make.

Every time you move through this three-point process, you’re calibrating your discernment instrument.

It becomes more precise. More uniquely yours.

You start to notice things other people walk right past.

The beauty in errors. The rightness in the changing paths. The gifts wrapped in rejection.

Living a creative life isn’t about avoiding mistakes.

It’s about having the discernment sophisticated enough to process what I’m building. What is my body telling me about this experience that my mind is trying to suppress?

And over time, this instrument strengthens.

Ask yourself: What is this trying to show me?

You move through the three-point process more quickly and more fluidly.

 

What used to take weeks of deliberation happens in seconds.

Discernment stops being something you do and becomes something you are.

People who only look at the past become nostalgic. People who only chase the future become frantic. People who only follow present feelings become scattered and impulsive.

But when you hold all three, this becomes:

What have I always returned to, even when it made no sense?

What future am I building toward, even if I can’t see it clearly?

What makes me feel most alive, most here, most real right now?

And that discernment is where your life’s calling lies.

You know where you are because you can see where you’ve been and where you’re heading, all while feeling your feet on the ground.

It’s the awareness of everything that forms the now.

It’s in the knowing.

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My thanks to Mr Walker.

Enjoy whatever you are creating today

Pauline

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