What if all we experience in reality is bigger than (all of) us?

At first, I viewed how my story unfolded through a bitter, “woe is me” lens.

The story I was telling myself was filled with scarcity and trials, with a few opportunities sprinkled in. I followed the powerful human tendency to reduce people to re-imagined characters in the movie of my life.

Over time, I have learned how to take these conjured caricatures and misremembered tall tales and build upon them to create a better life. I learned to ask myself a few critical questions.

What if my painful remembered experiences ALSO held abundance, applicable nudges, and life lessons? What if both were my reality?

Eventually, I learned to build that out to a community-level question.

What if we leaned into our reality together, not just in crisis, but as a way of life?

Later, with help, I asked an even deeper question.

What if all we experience in reality “is bigger than (all of) us?”

Let’s explore these questions together as you meet some people and events (real and imagined) that shaped my experience. These people and ideas help me build on my reality more successfully daily, and by sharing them, I hope they’ll do the same for you.