#35 Days of Dares #13 Dare to Be Ageless ‘I worry about my age.’ Worry is self-attack. In truth, no one will hold your age against you if you don’t. Remember, you are never too old, to love, to smile, to give a compliment, to think positively. Be ageless. Eckhart Tolle There’s no denying […]
#35 Days of Dares #12 Dare to Start Over So what do we do? Anything. Something. So long as we just don’t sit there. If we screw it up, start over. Try something else. If we wait until we’ve satisfied all the uncertainties, it may be too late. Lee Iacocca As I finished writing my […]
#35 Days of Dares #11 Dare to Live —Today She threw back her blankets and thought only of today. Kristen Cashore January is a month of planning and reflection in our house. We buy a wall calendar and plot out travel and other significant events that we know of. We reflect on the past […]
#35 Days of Dares #10 Dare to Belong We exist in a bundle of belonging. Archbishop Desmond Tutu I just read an interesting book: The Art of Belonging by social researcher Hugh Mackay. I’ve read most of his books as they give an excellent insight and understanding of our society. Mackay’s thesis is: It’s not […]
#35 Days of Dares #9 Dare to Share Give yourself away you find yourself. Share your love, time, money, skills, words, friendship and so on, your life will be richer. Happiness quite unshared can scarcely be called happiness; it has no taste. Charlotte Brontë If you live in Australia like I do, you’ve won the […]
#35 Days of Dares #6 Dare to Decide In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing, the next best thing is the wrong thing, and the worst thing you can do is nothing. Theodore Roosevelt Whenever I go to restaurant with a lengthy menu, my husband groans. He usually […]
35 Days of Dares #5 Dare to Dream Dare to visualize a world in which your most treasured dreams have become true. Ralph Marston When your dreams get crushed by rejection, criticism or failure it’s easy to give up and stop dreaming. Often our default is to avoid pain. So rather than ingrate our […]
Dare #3 Dare to Leave Should I stay or should I go? Apply this question to an area of your life and it can be stressful! Should I stay in a relationship? Should I stay in my job? Should I stay and talk longer or go? Staying or leaving. Each has consequences. There have been […]
