If I perish, I perish.
As I was sitting in my hammock the other morning in Belize, I read these words in the fourth chapter of Esther and they really spoke to me. I’ve told people for years that I’m not afraid to die. Like at all. People always think I’m nuts when I say that. But the reality is, I have such a peace & and a joy about what my Heavenly Father has planned for me after this life.
But when I was dwelling on this, I realized that this could also apply to more than just life or death situations.
I feel like so many of us are so afraid to fail or mess up. But the truth is, we aren’t a perfect people, so failure is inevitable. I hate to break it to ya. BUT… I do have some good news.
It’s OKAY to fail. That’s right, I said it. It’s who we are. We can’t always get it right, and you need to be alright with it. It’s HEALTHY to do things that scare you or things that are uncomfortable. This is how we grow, people!!
I vowed to do one thing every day for the next year that scares me. I’m usually a pretty fearless person, but I want to completely bust through that wall in my life. For example, I chopped like eight inches off of my hair today. This may seem like no big deal, but it is. I haven’t had short hair since I was a kid, and for the longest time I felt like I couldn’t pull it off because I’m so tall. (6’2”) Yes, I know that’s super tall for a female, the weather up here is nice, yes I played basketball, yada yada. ANYWAYS… I decided to do it anyways even though I thought I couldn’t pull it off. But I actually love it!! Also, I feel like I used my long hair to hide some of my insecurities, so I wanted to take that away to help heal those.
Practice being brave, even in the small things. It’ll pay off big time when the big things in life come your way. Trust me. You’ll thank me later. Living a life without risk is comfortable.. but ask yourself, is it worth it?
SOOOO, Long story short.. be brave. Chase your dreams. It’s okay to be scared, but do it anyways. If you would like to talk more about the peace that I have, please feel free to reach out.
Xoxo!!!
