Dare to be bold

Day 7 prompt of the #Trust30 challenge by Matt Cheuvront

Realistic

I wish I was

But not really

Overcoming fear

Is fun and exciting

My head is too often in the clouds

Trying to find my heart

I frequently fall

Luckily there are always

Trampolines

To soften the thump

And send me right back

Up

Daring to fly

Again

What I need is not

To dare

But to know

Where

My heart will settle.

Bonus: This writing challenge is making me discover – and accept – my pace as a writer, my need for reflection... And that I dare publish something before I think it is good!

#Trust30 - One week left to live?

Come Alive by Jonathan Mead

Life wastes itself while we are preparing to live. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

If you had one week left to live, would you still be doing what you’re doing now? In what areas of your life are you preparing to live? Take them off your To Do list and add them to a To Stop list. Resolve to only do what makes you come alive.

Bonus: How can your goals improve the present and not keep you in a perpetual “always something better” spiral?

(Author: Jonathan Mead)

If I knew I only had one week left to live, I would want to have a huge gathering, have my children and husband and family and friends around me. We'd all be in a beautiful sunny resort. Spacious, light, calm surroundings. Wonderful meals would be served, no dishes to do, no cleaning. Just following our whims and inspiration. Relaxing, laughing, playing, running because we are so happy to get to the next delicious thing we're doing or experiencing.

Now I have to hurry and figure out how to afford that week :-)

#Trust30 - One place in the world I'd like to visit before I die

Travel by Chris Guillebeau

If we live truly, we shall see truly. - Ralph Waldo Emerson

Not everyone wants to travel the world, but most people can identify at least one place in the world they’d like to visit before they die. Where is that place for you, and what will you do to make sure you get there?

(Author: Chris Guillebeau)

My response to the 5th prompt of the #Trust30 writing/self-reliance challenge:

I do not know all countries of the world. I have visited 18 of them on 3 continents. And lived in a few. Not anywhere near Chris Guillebeau, but still... I am not attracted by all countries and ironically, I ended up living in the one which has challenged me the most (talk about constant opportunity for learning!). I have felt so at home most places, that I am the one tourists would approach for questions, even though I would be just passing, like them. Many countries I have no desire at all to visit, but the one which has always attracted me is Japan.

I would love to go to Japan.

That is probably the one place where I think I will feel “dépaysée”, a wonderful French word which literally could be translated as 'de-countrified' , but which actually conveys that feeling of being transplanted out of your usual environment and habits to find yourself in a completely strange place (Google translates it as homesick or bewildered).

Japan would probably be the place where everything would feel new to me, where I would be out of my element, where I would not have any bearings, where I would not know the rules of conduct, but where my ignorance would probably be excused because I will look so foreign (am I hoping too much?). A place where I will see everything with 'fresh' eyes. Where I don't know the language and where I would probably – and hopefully – feel like a child in awe.

#Trust30 - One Strong belief?

My response to the 3rd prompt of the #Trust30 so day writing challenge by the Domino Project.

What strong belief do I possess that isn't shared by my closest friends or family?

I've been thinking and thinking, and I can't really come up with one. My family all have different beliefs. My closest friends all have different beliefs. I am very different from every one of them, but then, so are they.

My strongest belief is that my strongest belief can be challenged at any moment, and that I should not off-handedly dismiss whatever contradicts whatever I think I know for sure. Always keep an open mind. And then make a choice. There is not one truth. There are infinite truths. Infinite angles to look from at any situation.

All I wish for is clarity in the moment, and the courage and stamina to act on that.

#Trust30 - Day 2

Today's prompt for the 30-day writing challenge was by Liz Danzico:

How would you describe today using only one sentence?

Today was the day I really felt the need to think of how I could translate the satisfaction of helping out into a livelihood. Hmmm...