Trust Yourself: How Letting Go Propels You to New Heights
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Your dreams weren’t meant to stay locked inside you. The world needs what you have to offer, but first, you have to trust yourself enough to release it.
Tomorrow, my new book, No One Prays for the Lion: Cultivating Confidence in a Wilderness of Doubt, will be available on Amazon, Audible, Apple Books, and BaylorBarbee.com. After four years of writing, rewriting, and refining, the moment has finally arrived. And while I’m excited, I won’t lie—book releases are also nerve-wracking.
This will be my eighth book, and I’ve learned that launch days are a mix of excitement, anxiety, and letting go. Because here’s the truth: once I release the book, it’s no longer mine. It belongs to you—the reader.
And that’s the hardest part of any creative process.
The Fine Line Between Holding On and Letting Go
Whether you’re writing a book, starting a business, launching an idea, or stepping into a new challenge, we all face the same dilemma—how do you let go of something you’ve poured your heart into?
For the past four years, this book has been my vision, my words, my thoughts. I’ve rewritten it multiple times. The title has changed, the direction has shifted, and I’ve second-guessed myself more times than I can count. But now, it’s time to let it go.
And that’s what growth demands.
If you’re holding onto a dream, waiting for the perfect moment, waiting until you “feel ready,” I want to ask you this:
Do you trust yourself enough to put it out into the world?
Because if you don’t, you risk letting that dream die inside you.
You Deserve to Share Your Gifts
The world doesn’t just need your ideas—it deserves them.
Your unique experiences, struggles, setbacks, and triumphs have shaped you. What you’ve made it through, what you thought you wouldn’t survive, what you once saw as failure—those moments make you you.
And you are what makes your dream valuable.
Too often, we listen to the wrong voice. The one that says, “You’re not good enough.” The one that reminds us of our past failures. But what about the voice that says, “I’ve been through hell, and I’m still standing”?
That’s the voice you need to listen to. That’s the voice that pushes you forward.
Letting Go to Reach New Heights
I think about rocket launches—how they have massive fuel tanks that help propel them through the atmosphere. But at a certain altitude, those tanks must be released. If they aren’t, the entire mission fails.
The same applies to life.
At some point, you have to release what’s been fueling you—the fear, the preparation, the waiting—and trust that you have what it takes to reach new heights.
Your dream wasn’t given to you to keep to yourself. It was given to you so you could share it.
The Lion is Ready to Roar
Tomorrow, No One Prays for the Lion will be out in the world. And my hope is that it gives you the confidence to finally step into your purpose, to stop second-guessing yourself, and to take action on the dreams you’ve been sitting on for too long.
Trust yourself. Release your fears. And let the world see what you’re capable of.