Today’s message is inspired by a woman who can shut the whole internet down without saying a word: Beyoncé.

One of the things I have always admired about her is how she moves. She does not do a lot of announcing. She does not jump online to tell us every detail of what she is working on. She goes quiet. The Instagram grid gets cleaned up. The profile picture disappears. The Hive starts buzzing. People are watching, guessing, overanalyzing every small change.

And then, out of nowhere, the world wakes up to a surprise album, a tour announcement, a film, a whole new era.

Over the years, I used to pride myself on the opposite. I thought you were supposed to share everything with everybody. If I loved you, if we were friends, if I trusted you, then you got access to my dreams, my new ideas, my next projects. I believed that sharing early meant I would get support, encouragement, and accountability.

But here is what this last year has taught me: everybody connected to you is not committed to celebrating you.

Some people genuinely want to see you win. They clap for you when no one else is clapping. They cheer when it has nothing to do with them. Those are your people.

Some people, though, are quietly waiting for your downfall. They may not say it out loud, but they sit in the background with questions, doubts, and side comments. When you share your vision, you can feel the energy shift. Suddenly you are explaining yourself, defending your timeline, and trying to justify a dream they were never given in the first place.

That does something to your heart.

Disappointment often shows up because we opened the door too wide. We invited people into sacred spaces that were still under construction. We handed our unformed ideas to people who did not have the capacity, the faith, or the emotional maturity to hold them. And when they shrugged, doubted, or dismissed what mattered to us, it hurt.

That is why I am learning three lessons about sharing:

  1. What I share.

  2. How I share it.

  3. When I share it.

Those three things matter for my peace.

There is also fear. Some of us stop talking about our ideas because we are afraid of people’s opinions. Others of us keep talking and never doing, because we are waiting for enough people to approve before we move. Either way, fear is sitting in the driver’s seat.

“Are you sure you want to do that?”
“Is this the right time?”
“I don’t know if that’s a good idea.”

People will project their fear onto a dream God whispered to you.

Here is the truth I keep coming back to: when what you carry is divinely inspired, your assignment is not to collect votes from the crowd. Your assignment is to be obedient in the season you are given and to produce what God put in you to release.

This is my reflection for today. I hope it invites you to think differently about who has access to your dreams and how you protect what matters to you.

Be encouraged.