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Friday, August 8, 2014

finally, friday (final days of summer break)

I can dwell upon the moments when I chose to stay small, buckled to fear and allowed doubt to keep me safe, but frozen and immobile. Placing my attention there is to live in regret, using those memories as armor against any future risks.

Instead, I  choose to remember all the times I acknowledged fear but acted anyway ...  aligning with a truth discernible only by my heart but generating an imperative that propelled me forward through the expected uncertainties, doubts and confusion.  When I consider that laundry list - the times I chose brave, chose Big, chose YES ...






I connect with a vast reservoir of energy within me and I know I am unstoppable.  Guess what?  The same is true for you!  Look around ... what do you choose to see? Believe?
 




Align with what fills you up, excites, inspires, frightens yet thrills you.  





It should feel good.  Dangerous, but good. Alive, juicy, expansive, plugged in, engaged ... create your own list - not what do I want to do, but how do I want to feel? 






now go and live it.
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5 comments:

  1. mandy l. smithAugust 10, 2014 at 4:08 AM

    Lovely inspiration from your words and your girl - she radiates happiness! xoxo

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    1. LisAugust 10, 2014 at 2:04 PM

      Ah, thank you Mandy! I want to bottle that energy and spirit up ... I am so aware of the shifts that puberty can/may bring and determined to preserve/protect this spirit. xo

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  2. JackieAugust 10, 2014 at 5:27 AM

    FABULOUS!! Would love to link back to this post by using its quotes perhaps one of your pictures? in my next blog post? if you don't mind. Your girl's cartwheels are fantastic and you have captured the essence of both sides of the daily choice/struggle beautifully. Thank you for sharing this with us. and Mandy, thank you for sharing this blog with the world too :) Good morning to you both! xoxo

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    1. LisAugust 10, 2014 at 2:03 PM

      So happy this post spoke to you! Funny side story: I could never do a cartwheel so when my girl wanted to learn, I had to find a YouTube video to teach us! Her cartwheels are better than mine, but decades later and I finally can do one! Another vote for Big & Brave! xo

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  3. Cynthia almost fully present August 10, 2014 at 2:35 PM

    wow Lis. Your timing is perfect. Feeling sluggish and sloth-like then wow - read this - now I'm laughing. Going to make a list of how I want to FEEL!! Then I'm going to look around, see my fears, and do a cartwheel over each of them - BIG cartwheels. thank you thank you thank you

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