Brave Enough To Be Bliss

Chapter 18 — Love & Light

“This is the season she will make beautiful things. Not perfect things but honest things that speak to who she is and who she is called to be.” Morgan Harper Nichols

Being authentically who I am is being fully connected to my heart and soul. It’s when I am at peace. It’s when I feel connected to God and people and the earth. It’s when I share all of myself without fear. And it is then that I can be comfortable with and confident in myself with all my imperfections without fear of any human reaction. When I give of myself, of my heart, that is when I know I have done or said or been the right thing for me which is all I can control. What I was created to be isn’t about any job or role I have on this earth other than to be an authentically kind, caring and giving human being. At our core, I believe that is what we were all created to be. And when we exhibit those behaviors, we can get through whatever life throws at us, knowing our Creator gave us each other as His most significant tangible gifts. When we look at each other as the gifts we are, it is much more difficult to treat each other with anything other than respect and loving kindness.

“If you feel like there’s something out there that you’re supposed to be doing, if you have a passion for it, then stop wishing and just do it.” Wanda Sykes

On the morning of February 4, 2024, with only a short nap as I had been writing into the wee hours of the morning, I awoke with this epiphany, I sent the text below and then explained more in an email to Kylee.

G ood morning! I knew I needed to brand Real, the card idea, and I’ve got it now!

With a non-disclosure agreement , I’ll hire a designer to create the visual element for GB with the word Real in a script font that would look good with Hallmark, sort of what I had planned already, but with the GB being the visual element of the logo. I’m going to put the card idea, the actual pitch I was going to give them, now branded with the GB Real logo that I’ll also use to brand the book, but now actually include the pitch IN the book, so then a company (hopefully Hallmark) can “license” the GB Real branding from me which will keep a constant flow of income for the good things in the city, country, and world I believe God wants me to do, and maybe I consult with them to get things going the GB Real way. The GB Real has a dual meaning like the title of the book Brave Enough to be Bliss meaning brave enough to be the real me and brave enough to be happy. GB Real will on one hand mean, “as real” as Ginger Bliss is in the book AND God Blesses Real, so it never becomes just about me without HIM. Just like we (God and I) write my life story together…like He wants to do with every human being when we let Him. And I can use the money from GB Real licensing to do good things in Kansas City’s inner city t hat can set an example for other cities and how everyone can make a difference to people by caring,

coming together instead of separating. Every single real person out there can make a difference to someone every…single…day. As I share in the book, it starts with helping ourselves, taking personal responsibility for our own thoughts, feelings, beliefs, and behaviors. And everyone who reads the book and demands GB Real cards or GB Real movies or GB Real everything can be a part of making good happen. The term God Bless means you hope good things happen to those you are parting with; you want God’s blessings for them. And we bless God when we acknowledge He is the source of all blessings.

We can go back and visit the ideals on which this country was formed but build it this time with lots of different people coming together and figuring out how to make a better life but doing it “with” each other “IN” love, not driven by fear and power.

This, helping people, is the only reason I found for living after wanting to die by suicide, and it IS my life’s purpose. I found the “Why am I here?” exercise Ginger had me complete in 2019 and I wouldn’t change one single word of it, so I know for sure if nothing changed since then even though I’ve changed so much since then, it really is why I am here.

The words I woke up to this morning…

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