I used to think strength meant shutting down my heart.
That being clear, focused, and sharp required me to be distant..

Protected.
Untouchable.

Turns out... that was the weakness.

Because a closed heart doesn’t just block pain.
It blocks love.
It blocks presence.
It blocks the joy that you’ve been working so hard to create space for.

I’m learning that the bravest thing I can do…
Is let it flow.

To sit with my daughter and feel how fast she’s growing.
To look across the table at my wife and let it in.
To let tenderness live in me without trying to control it.

And the crazy thing?

Everything gets better when love flows.
Ideas come faster.
Connections run deeper.
Sales get easier... because I care more, not less.

If you’ve been armored up like I was…

Let this be your cue.

Open the channel.
Let it flow.
And watch what opens up in return.

🚀

​- James