Draft 3: The Space Between Brave and Uncertain

There’s a strange space between brave and uncertain.
It’s the quiet right after you finally put your dream into the world…
and before anyone says a word back.

That’s where I am right now.

For months I’ve stared at this idea…
(this little light I’ve been building in secret)
wondering if people will see what I see in it.
if they’ll feel the heart behind it.
If it will matter.

But I’ve learned something over the past few years…
through loss, through study, through paying closer attention to the ordinary.
Meaning isn’t waiting somewhere out there in the future.
It’s already here.
In the stories we tell, the laughter we share,
the photos we keep because they remind us who we are.

So even though I don’t know how this will go…
(whether people will love it, ignore it, or simply scroll past)
I’m putting it out there anyway.

Because I believe in it.
Because I believe in us…the busy, hard-working, real people
who are quietly living stories worth remembering.

And maybe that’s what being brave really is.
Not waiting until you’re sure.
But doing it anyway…
with your hands shaking and your heart all in.

-Madison

Do it scared.
Do it unsure.
Do it anyway.