It was wonderful, Tracie! Hope you enjoy it, too!

I’m adding it to my reading list.

You are so right, Elizabeth. We are braver than we think and should give ourselves more credit. Those are all things that require courage. This would be a great page to add to my inspirational journal…ways that I’m brave.

It is a really good book, and I just could not resist a book with a title like that. It just begged me to buy it. And I had to laugh. My list of books to read sounds much like yours. Thanks for pinning it. Hope you enjoy it when you get it, Chris. 🙂

All of us are brave really- each of us take chances at life every day. Perhaps some decisions are bigger and bolder, but really? Each day we face can be daunting because we truly don’t know what’s in store for us. We take faithful steps into an unknown and uncertain future. I think bravery looks different to all. Much like her analogy you shared.

Pinning this so I can go buy it later- after I read the ten books I have on my shelf waiting now!!! 😉

I’ve been experiencing that a lot over the past few years….anxiety…fear of what might happen. I have been making some notes for an article about something that occurred to me one day when I was having a tough time. I do try and manage my stress level. I’m doing the Change Your Thought, Change Your Life Challenge right now. I might try and do it for the rest of the year instead of just 30 days. I need to learn to recognize things I love and things that are good and times where I am brave. Thinking on those things would give me way less time to think on the others. lol I love chatting with you, Lana. xo

Ana Lynn, I think you are brave, beautiful, soul. You are a woman going strong after your dreams. You show up. And you are raising a beautiful family in the process of it all. It’s funny how we compare ourselves to someone jumping out of a plane, how we make that a standard of bravery. We never compare ourselves to the person who might be afraid to go after her dreams, who might be saying no to her dreams. Or we don’t compare ourselves to the person who is never growing or learning. That is hard stuff that we show up for every day. We are brave. And then I ask myself why are we comparing ourselves to others at all. It is about us growing and moving forward even when it scares us or it’s hard. Then we are brave. Maybe we need to make a list of all the ways we are brave and give ourselves credit where credit is due.