#35 Days of Dares #28 Dare to Change the World Some of the best adventures I’ve had in life stem from volunteering. Since I was a teenager I’ve always volunteered in some capacity—helping a mother with a disabled child, youth leader, Sunday School teacher, fundraising for charities, event management, drama coach, writing articles and scripts, […]
#35 Days of Dares #27 Dare to Be Embarrassed A person needs a little madness, or else they never dare cut the rope and be free. Nikos Kazantzakis When the fear of being embarrassed holds you back from trying new things or from sharing your creative work, you need to face that fear and do […]
#35 Days of Dares #26Dare to Go Outside To live an adventurous, creative life, we need to get outside literally and figuratively. Creativity thrives when we break out of our same old routine. Even the smallest changes can help get us out of a rut and encourage creative thinking. Here are five ways to ‘get outside’ and find inspiration: 1. Go […]
#35 Days of Dares #24 Dare to Fail Miserably Sometimes we fail. We fail miserably. When that happens the easiest thing to do is retreat and to promise ourselves that we will never, ever allow ourselves to feel that sense of failure again. So, we avoid the pain of failure by not challenging ourselves. The […]
#35 Days of Dares #23 Dare to Travel With Others We all need people we can count on, learn from and walk beside. When we’ve been hurt or disappointed with others, it’s difficult at times to trust again. I’m fortunate enough to have friends I’ve known more than half my life. They are the ones […]
#35 Days of Dares #22 Dare to Be Grateful If you, like me, exercise regularly, the benefits to your health and well-being are enormous. Various studies have shown that gratitude is also important to exercise and has many life-enhancing benefits. One titled Counting Blessings Versus Burdens reported: “There do appear to exist benefits to regularly […]
#35 Days of Dares #21 Dare to Hope Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. Albert Einstein It is important to live in the present. Today is all we have and there are no guarantees for tomorrow. This is true, but we also need hope. Hope is found in the idea that there […]
#35 Days of Dares #20 Dare to Be Real Sometimes I feel like I don’t fit. I feel uncomfortable in my own skin. Why can’t I be like that writer? Why can’t I look like her? I wish I could think like him. I’m learning to that to just be myself, to be real, is enough. […]
#35 Days of Dares #19 Dare to Get Past Rejection or Criticism You have to know how to accept rejection and reject acceptance. (Ray Bradbury) We’ve all experienced rejection and criticism. No one likes it. At all. That feeling of your inner self being ripped apart and exposed in all its pain is excruciating. […]
