Sara Bareilles shares two stories about abandoning dreams: an actress told by her teacher that no one needs her talent, and Bareilles' own years of failed attempts to get pregnant. She grapples with how to make peace with what may never happen while deciding whether to keep trying or let go.
This is heartbreaking. So Jules wants to be an actor and she pursues it and pursues it. And this person, this acting teacher finally says to her, like, maybe nobody needs this from you. Like your dream, you might need to pick a different one. And I think that is so crushing. That thing that you're chasing is just like not working. And what do you do when you have to like set it down? When's, when's the last time that happened to you? My fertility journey. I'm not pregnant. I've been trying to get pregnant for years. Still gonna try to get pregnant. I'm taking a break right now, but you feel that it makes sense spiritually. It's like, this is where I think I'm supposed to go, and it's not happening. And how do you make peace with that? How do you make sense of it? Or just surrender to the fact that it just is, and that it doesn't mean I'm gonna stop trying, But the trying is really painful.
