This morning, while checking photographs from an event last weekend, I had an unexpected thought: life is like a camera. The more light we let in, the more vivid the picture becomes. Yet too much light can blur the image, leaving us overwhelmed rather than inspired. The light itself isn’t the problem, it’s our capacity to hold it. The challenge of our time isn’t just absorbing more opportunities, knowledge, or experiences, but expanding the vessel that can sustain them.

In this blog, I share how to check your “exposure,” expand your capacity, and create a life that captures both light and shadow, the masterpiece that is uniquely yours.

It wasn’t a conference, a promotion, or a life-altering crisis that changed my direction.

It was water.

One ordinary morning, I slipped into the pool. The world above was already busy but down here, under the surface, everything was still. The water wrapped around me like a pause button. My heartbeat slowed. My mind cleared.

And then, out of nowhere, a question rose in me, sharp and certain:

What do I truly want to do with my life?

Not what I should do.
Not what would look impressive.
But the work I would want to speak about again and again, the kind that would flood me with ideas, energy, and purpose.

Images began to surface, those moments I had almost forgotten. A young person’s face lighting up when they realised they could achieve more than they believed. Someone standing a little taller because they finally felt seen and valued. The unshakable joy of watching hope return to someone’s eyes.

In that suspended moment beneath the water, I understood: my life had been blessed in countless ways. And the greatest joy I had ever known came from passing that blessing forward from empowering others rise into their own greatness.

That’s when the decision crystallised.
I would live my life to be a blessing.

An intentional, daily choice, a way of seeing, speaking, acting, and being.

The surface broke above me as I lifted my head from the water, but everything had changed. The journey had begun.

And now, I offer you the same question that found me that morning:
What would it look like if you chose to be a blessing today?