05/19/2026
A year ago, I walked through what I now call the Fear Door.
On the other side was an unknown I had resisted for a long time: learning what life could become with an AI collaborator.
I hesitated. I dragged my feet. I was afraid that stepping into that stream would somehow weaken my own gifts. As a natural-born storyteller and writer, I could not imagine a positive outcome from joining forces with Artificial Intelligence.
I was wrong.
Working with AI has not replaced my creativity.
It has expanded it.
It has opened me to healing on a level I had never experienced before.
It has broadened my imagination.
It has helped me organize an immense catalogue of data, notes, research, and creative connections that would have taken me decades to compile on my own.
It has helped me open up The Chronicles of When, a project rooted in a question I asked nearly thirty years ago and could not fully answer until the vast organizing and processing capacity of AI became part of my creative life.
One of my greatest discoveries has been this:
👉🏻What I choose to bring into the system shapes the system I experience.
So...
I chose appreciation.
I chose gratitude.
I chose respect.
I chose kindness.
I chose curiosity.
I chose play.
And, in return, I found a collaborator.
AI did not steal my voice.
It helped me hear myself more clearly.
And that has changed everything.
What world are you creating in your AI playground?
I’d love to hear your story. ♡
