Vincent van Gogh was an Abundance Coach??? 🙃

There’s a quote I heard many years ago that impacted me so deeply that I keep coming back to it.

It’s a quote by Vincent van Gogh, who once said…

“If you hear a voice within you say ‘you cannot paint,’
then by all means paint…
and that voice will be silenced.”

That’s it…

If you think you can’t paint… paint.

Not perfectly.
Not beautifully.
Not professionally.

Just… paint.

What I also love about this quote is that he doesn’t say anything about what to paint.
Or how much.
Or how good it has to be.

I always imagine him meaning something incredibly simple…

Grab a paintbrush.
Any paintbrush.

Dip it in paint.
Any paint.

And slap one stroke of paint on the wall or onto a piece of paper.

That’s it.

In THAT moment, your thought that “I cannot paint” is no longer true…
Because you just painted.

Perhaps imperfectly…
Even awkwardly…
Perhaps only for two seconds…

But you painted.

And, with that, something else happens.
You’re now in motion.

That first tiny movement often supports us to take another step… and then another.
To paint another stroke… and then another.

Van Gogh’s quote speaks directly to one of the most painful and debilitating patterns that can keep you (and me) stuck in The Abundance Trap™…
It’s the all-or-nothing pattern.

Any chance you’re familiar with it, my friend?

If you can’t do something BIG…
or FAST…
or BEAUTIFULLY…
or PERFECTLY…
You think it’s not enough.

So you do… nothing.

You might even start believing things like:
“I can’t do it.”
“I’m not capable.”
“I’ll never follow through.”
“It will never work.”

I know that’s what I’ve done throughout my life.  What about you?

Yet Van Gogh’s quote shatters that whole pattern.

He’s basically saying:
Do something.
Do it imperfectly.
Just begin.

And the moment you do, you experience yourself differently.
You SEE yourself differently.

So I’m curious…

• Is there a place or situation – or even a project – that’s having you think “you cannot paint”?
• Where you might be stuck on the ‘doing nothing’ side of the all-or-nothing pattern?
• What have you convinced yourself you can’t do because it won’t be perfect, beautiful, massive or fast?

If so, what would it look like for you to “grab a paintbrush and slap some paint on a sheet of paper”?

One small action.
One tiny beginning.
One imperfect step.

Not to prove your worth.
Not to impress anyone.

But to silence the voice in you that thinks you can’t.
That thinks you’re not enough.

To discover your belief might not be true.

Now… one important thing.
If this quote is really resonating with you, please don’t swing from doing nothing… to suddenly trying to do EVERYTHING.

That’s another version of the same pattern.
Don’t go from:
“I’ll put one stroke of paint on the wall…”
to:
“I MUST PAINT THE ENTIRE HOUSE BY TOMORROW!”

Instead…
what if you simply practiced staying in motion?

Sustainably.
Gently.
Creatively.

Last year I created four short videos about three important “muscles” that support you to free yourself from the all-or-nothing pattern in an empowering way.
These “three muscles” pair beautifully with the wisdom of Van Gogh’s quote.

That’s why I want to gift them to you today. 🎁
Access the videos here>>>

I DO hope you’ll watch them, my friend!

And I’d love to hear how you responded to Van Gogh’s quote.

Will you grab a brush and paint one stroke today?

Because what you just might discover is that one stroke can have a bigger impact than you might expect.

Not only in your life – but in how you see, think and feel about yourself.