Giving ourselves grace when we disappoint ourselves might be the hardest thing we do each day.
It’s easy to extend compassion outward—to our clients, our families, even strangers. But inward? That’s often where our kindness ends.
This morning, I woke to the sound of Amazing Grace.
Not the traditional version—though that, too, has held me through seasons of ache—but a haunting, holy blend sung by Caitlynne Curtis, set to the tune of House of the Rising Sun.
It cracked me open.
Something about that fusion—a sacred lament woven through a gritty, blues-soaked melody—reminds me that redemption is rarely tidy. Sometimes grace arrives raw, raspy, and wrapped in the remnants of old wounds.
As I listened, I remembered a line I read recently that stopped me in my tracks:
“Do you realize that the rest of the world can feel every act of cruelty you inflict upon yourself?”
And if that’s true…
If the world trembles under the weight of my self-punishment…
Then I must also believe the opposite.
That every act of grace I extend to myself becomes a balm to the collective.
That when I forgive myself for the things I should have done differently…
When I release the shame I’ve hoarded like currency…
When I choose softness instead of self-scolding…
That energy echoes outward.
Not in some abstract, intangible way—but in a real, felt shift in the fabric of the world we share.
When you choose grace, it doesn’t just soften your story—it shifts the collective script.
Your gentleness becomes a map. A mirror. A balm.
A client breathes deeper because you didn’t weaponize their mistake.
A team member feels safe to tell the truth because you modeled it first.
A friend forgives themselves because you said out loud, “I’m learning, too.”
Grace is how we recalibrate culture.
It’s how we whisper new truths into the bones of old systems.
It’s how we change the world—one unpunished breath at a time.
And yes, sometimes grace means extending forgiveness to others, too.
Not because they earned it.
But because we’re done sipping from a poisoned cup.
But let me be clear: I don’t believe in the forget part of “forgive and forget.”
Not for the big betrayals.
Not for the deaths by a thousand small cruelties.
Forgiveness is about liberation—not erasure.
Grace & Grit
That song—Amazing Grace set to House of the Rising Sun—holds both church and shadow.
Holy light and hard-won fight.
It doesn’t ask us to choose between softness and strength. It invites us to embody both.
And isn’t that the calling of entrepreneurship?
To be the visionary and the vessel.
To offer the tenderness of grace and the teeth of grit.
To love your people and enforce your boundaries.
To rest deeply and rise when the moment demands your roar.
We flow between these states not because we’re confused—but because we’re wise.
Because business is not a binary.
Because wholeness has layers.
To live and lead this way is to speak the native tongue of wholeness.
It’s not weakness. It’s fluency.
And grace? Grace is the root note. The vibration we return to when all else falls away.
Grace isn’t something we have to earn, but what is it?
Maybe it’s the frequency we were born to remember.
Maybe it’s the echo of our original wholeness.
Maybe it’s a protest song. And a love song. And a call home—all in one breath.
Today, I’m choosing to visit grace upon myself.
Not as an excuse. Not as avoidance. But as an act of devotion.
Because I believe in a world where forgiveness heals more than just the forgiver.
And I believe it starts with me.
And it starts with you.
Even now.
Especially now.
Daily Affirmations:
Grace meets me in the quiet, where no apology is needed to be worthy of love.
I cradle my imperfections like wildflowers—delicate, resilient, wholly alive.
With each breath, I make room for softness to lead.
My heart remembers what my mind forgets: I am already whole.
Forgiveness flows through me like a river—gentle, honest, and deeply free.
PS: Profit is protest—and so is grace. The more gentleness we embody, the more revolution we seed.
🎶 Song of the Day: Amazing Grace – Caitlynne Curtis
Can’t find this one on Spotify, sadly, but here’s a link to her Facebook video.