A great example of taking a stand

This is amazing! Everyone should read this blog, visit this website, and take the challenge. It’s always so interesting to see what people will do (and CAN do – what an amazing feat to challenge yourself to run a marathon every day for a year!) when they really believe in something. Taking a stand is an extremely powerful thing to do, and it is filled with opportunities.

What do you stand for? What can you do about it? How will you get started?

Feed your dreams

I have two friends who are doing something they love. It doesn’t really matter what it is – the details are insignificant. They both have jobs during the day, but at night and on the weekends they collaborate on this project that is going to be amazing. Maybe the actual project will be amazing, maybe not (I think it will). But what is already amazing is that they had an idea for something and then . . . they DID it!

I can safely say that I know more people who talk about doing things and then never do them, and less people who follow through on their big ideas. It is so fun to dream – so fun to have conversations when you’re really inspired and motivated to do something really big. But stuff always gets in the way. For me it is usually, “I don’t have the money to do that.” Or, “I can’t leave the security of my job.” Or even, “My parents/friends/people around me will not think this is the right thing to do.” I don’t want to be a person anymore who doesn’t do what she (I) really, in her (my) heart, wants to do. So, how do I fight the urge to hold on to money, jobs, and the opinions of the people around me, and get out there to do what I really, REALLY want to do?