When In Doubt, Be Bold!

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This past winter seemed to drag on in my mind like a never ending road trip.  It was an emotional trip that required boldness!

Have you ever felt like someone crapped on your brain?  Maybe not ,but you might be able to relate to the toxic thoughts I had at the time.

The work transition I was in required me to trust the unseen and follow the yellow brick road even if the bricks were see-through.

Trusting and choosing faith over fear when you don’t know what’s around the corner takes real courage and boldness.

2.

The overflow of toxic thought waste was infiltrating my emotions and actions.  These thoughts brought me to a very dark, low, uncomfortable place.

Thoughts=

“I’m not successful.”

“My efforts will never pay off”

“I should just quit working at what I love and get a real, boring job”

=Feelings

unloved, purposeless, unsupported, unmotivated, depressed, sad

=Lack of Action

resulting in loss of energy, loss of excitement, loss of motivation and loss of resourcefulness

3.

I am an optimistic person and wasn’t specifically comfortable feeling the entire rainbow of emotions.  These included sadness, pain, depression, etc.

Not “lit up” anymore, I was moving through each day lacking luster, gratitude and self confidence.  I had accepted blinders that had been put on me somewhere along the way.  They blocked me from seeing the beautiful sisters ‘possibility ‘and ‘option.’

The support team now enters the scene.

Friends, God, life coach, husband and a bold, healthy perspective switch.

I had two options.

Option #1  Stay where I was comfortable but so unfulfilled .

Option #2  Take a big risk and trust God, myself and the people around me.  Trust that if I followed my dreams that the world wouldn’t crumble beneath me; people wouldn’t leave me.

It was a season of developing an even keener sense of self awareness.  I was like a deer in the forest whose senses alert her to the slightest sounds and smells.

Equipped by my refreshed outlook on work and myself, I decided to follow my heart.  That decision has catapulted me into peace of mind, clarity and confidence.

I’m linking arms with the entire rainbow of emotions because they all need to be faced and felt to fully live.

Be bold.  I dare you!

Love,

Amy