Category: confidently
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She doesn’t mind
She prays, she studies, she writes. She steps into what she is made for. She leads others to pursue the heart of God. There may be some who think she should not speak, that she should go home, but she doesn’t mind. Let them talk. She doesn’t answer to them. She advocates, she speaks, she…
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Truth is louder
Doubt won’t let me be great. I have ideas but doubt says they’re dumb. Too often the ideas stay nebulous and never become living, breathing entities. You can blame doubt for that. I walk into a room full of peers and question whether I belong, wonder if there’s even something I can offer. I stick…
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I am not a robot.
There are days when I check off all the boxes. If you saw me in action you might say, “Get out of her way! She’s got a list!” On these days I am a Professional Mom/Wife/Writer/Organizer/Cleaner/Chef. There are days that I am a Professional Facebooker. There are days that if I could get paid to…
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What hope feels like
The pitch darkness makes her stumble. It doesn’t matter if her eyes are open or closed – the light is the same. She keeps to herself, keeps herself small so that she doesn’t end up with bumps and bruises. she shuffles imperceptibly. Her lack of confidence is because she is swaddled in uncertainty. Her movement,…
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Speak for maximum impact.
Some things just need to be said. They don’t need rehearsed – there’s no time for that. If the passion is now – the time is now. So often the space when something needs to be said is a small gap in time – and once it has passed the opportunity for maximum impact has…
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The question that must be answered
[et_pb_section admin_label=”section”] [et_pb_row admin_label=”row”] [et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text”]Each time I stand on the precipice of a gap – between what I know – and what I do not know – I am surprised by the question that must be answered. I thought I already chose bravery? Remember last time? We’ve already been through this. So why,…
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Live Your Life: Take Up Your Space
I overheard your comments to your friend about the woman across the room. She, the woman you are judging, critiquing, debasing, wasn’t doing anything wrong. She said nothing wrong. She is just living her life, taking up her space and your insecurity got in the way. Oh, pardon me, I don’t mean to offend. Well,…
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Help her take the next step.
She tentatively steps into her own. She wades into her space, seeking to understand that it is actually hers, unsure that she even has enough within her to fill the space. Her eyes flit across the blank, white walls and cavernous space and her heart starts stuttering a bit. “I don’t possess what this space…
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Have you seen Audacity? Send her my way, please.
Goals. I think they are for other people. Or just not for me. Not the big ones, anyway. I get excited when I cross something off my list for the day… I see others accomplishing big audacious things And I think to myself… “I wish that was me.” Or “Why do they get to do…
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New This Fall! Look In The Mirror And See Purpose.
Take a walk in the woods, on a paved path, in the desert or in a tropical paradise. Notice your surroundings as you take in fall. Notice the leaves that have changed their colors or notice the cacti that doesn’t experience quite as dramatic a change. Notice the evergreen staying true to its colors. Each…
