Courage

Hello Blogville,

I hope the new year has been gracious to you all so far. One of the things I have really been pondering this new is courage or boldness. The courage to tackle any obstacle that I face without retreating to my hole in fear. I have so many dreams and ambitions that were held back last year by fear of the unknown, regret, and a sense that I didn't have what it takes to achieve them. I analysed and analysed even to the point of paralysis. This new year, I am determined to take strong strides in faith and courage. To me courage is to have heart. To put all my heart into a matter and not lose faith. Courage to try and believe that with God on my side I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. I'm coming out and I want the world to know. There are two areas that I want to step out in courage/faith in this year, and they are:
-Graduate school
-Business.
What are those goals that you are shooting for that you know you need major guts to achieve? Ponder on these quotes and let them inspire you!

"Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light not our darkness that frightens us. We ask ourselves 'who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented and fabulous?'

Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small doesn't serve the world. There's nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us.

It's not just in some of us; its in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same.

As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others."

-Marianne Williamson

"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover."

-Mark Twain