a note to my future inner sales person.

To help keep me blogging, I am going to try and do something new. Celebrating the end of the week with a Friday blog dedicated to F stuff. Fearlessness, Fun, Future, Fabulousities....and whatever other F fancies me each week.

Today I am going to write a note to my future self. Me in the not so distant future...I'm talking over the next couple of weeks.

My dearest me,

I just want you to know that you have had a fabulous couple of weeks. I am so proud of you for heading out and talking to people about your rings, I know that you've been so afraid. It was just what you needed to do to get over the hump. There was a positive response overall, and any less than positive response was just part of getting out there. Being turned away is not a door slamming, but rather an opportunity to learn, grow, and for goodness that can't be seen in advance. Many things will come from this - more than you even realize. The forward motion was great! You were great...especially the part where you were just you. That part totally rocked!

Know this darling girl...you are completely supported in dreaming big.

i love you,
me  xo

The Story of Stepping In.

photo via Lin Pernille

I have been reading a ton about stories. You know the ones that belong to each of us? The ones we've claimed, woven into our lives, and let take root. If you wanted to live the life of your dreams...what story would that require you to give up? Or rather...what would story would you have to step into? A version of this question was recently posed by two people | Kate Swoboda who is doing a fabulous e-course called The Courageous Year, and Jamie Ridler via last weeks Wishcasting. I've been considering what stories I would have to give up or step  into. The first thing that comes up - is that I'd have to step into feeling deserving of all good and abundance. ouch. The second thing that comes up - is that I'd have to step completely into being an adult, and not letting this wounded little girl that dwells inside have so much power over my life. yeeps. Next in line - is that I'd have to acknowledge that I'm talented, creative and capable of making a living being all of those things. really? This is all stuff that I know, stuff that I own, and stuff that I'm ready to really look at. I've been glancing...now it's time to put on the night vision goggles and really have a good looksey.

For some reason the "stepping into" zings me a little more than the letting go. Perhaps because owning a new version of the story is uncharted territory?? It's so much easier to look at what you've already got, or already know. But there's a point where it becomes unbearable to accept staying stuck, to keep doing the same old thing, and to not use the tools in your toolbox. My body, soul, heart, and mind are all giving me the signal. Go ahead...step forward...and bring that wounded little girl with you. You know what to do. You'll both make it. And you will both be healed in the process.

What stories would you have to step into, or let go of to live your life fully? Have you already? And if not...what keeps you stuck?