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 If I were to ask you, 'Who are you?' Do you know how you would answer? Do you know how to define yourself outside of the box that society can some times put you in? How often do you consider embracing who you are in this moment, not the next? How often do you own all that is you? Today, take a moment to write a definition of truth for you. What do you want it to look like? How do you want to be living in this world today? More Minute Retreats Here...
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 "The final forming of a person's character lies in their own hands" -Anne Frank What do you think of when you read those three words? How do you define BRAVE? The thing I love most about people is that every person walks a different path. There are no two humans completely alike in thinking. You can ask three people the same question and get completely different answers and perspectives. And better yet those answers can each be incredibly valuable to another human being’s journey. If we can look at life more as a book we are reading, rather than a competition of who is doing what or how it compares to your own steps, imagine how rich your life could be? Imagine taking these little bits and pieces from each person’s perspective and molding them into your own life.
Finding your brave. For me, finding my brave has taken many forms over my life. It began in the very first musings of discovering who I was in my high school years. Suffocated in depression, I had no voice. I had no definition. I had a vision I was continually told that I could not achieve. I graduated immediately stepping out of my comfort zone travelling overseas to take in the world around me I never imagined. I didn’t know at the time, that this was my first step in finding my brave. I was able to truly see how life was bigger than my small world I had grew up in. There were countless voices, journeys and experiences I encountered which allowed me to see hope in embracing my original vision. While I took a turn into the world of Anorexia that turned into 14 years, it was a constant walk in finding my brave from day to day. I encountered diverse and intriguing lives in treatment programs, twelve step meetings and those who walked with me in the difficult road of healing. The vision I would always hold in my heart would take bits and pieces of these perspectives feeding my hope to allow my brave to come through. What is your brave? Today, I walk my brave every day. I challenge myself in at least one thing daily. Some days it is harder than others. Other days I find the smallest of brave acts offer the biggest learning lessons. The easier days give me encouragement to take on the bigger things that will bring me my ultimate brave. But there is no way around the ultimate brave. The ultimate brave means I am living my best life. It won’t be an experience that I can have every day. It won’t always be the easiest of steps to walk. I just know when I take a step out of my comfort zone and live life fully, I am honoring the gift of breath I breathe. I am honoring the journey. Will you take the risk today to find your brave?  What would life be like if we could see the soul of each person, rather than what we wear on the outside? Take a moment to truly digest that thought…the soul. What an extraordinary idea and gift it would be to receive. Lately, it seems to be we are becoming more and more judgmental on what we are seeing on the outside of a person, before we actually even understand or take the time to discover who they are on the inside.
We see color, race, size and we seem to think we know exactly what that person’s journey is about, the inevitable self-righteous judging follows. How often do we challenge ourselves to step outside of our fears and go deeper? I can guarantee you that the homeless person on the street that you passed without making eye contact likely did not write an ‘When I grow up, I want to be Homeless‘ essay in grade school. They have a story, they have real pain, they are human. They also know how to love like anyone else does, and at times I can promise they do it a lot better than those who have everything and ignore them. We live in an age of social media where stories of all life are posted literally every second of the day, you can’t get away from what’s going on in the world. But, my favorite stories are the ones people are secretly telling about those who humbly do good in the world, not wanting to be recognized in any form. Those are the souls I want to know… Live life as if everyone can see every minute of your life. If you are living a good life, then you have nothing to worry about. If you stop to question what someone would think of you, then stop again and maybe turn your actions into good for others. There are beautiful souls to be discovered, I know you are one of them. Check out more 3 Minute Retreats here!  "What if our religion was each other
If our practice was our life If prayer, our words. What if the temple was the earth If forests were our church If holy water - the rivers, lakes, and oceans What if meditation was our relationships If the Teacher was life If wisdom was self-knowledge If love was the center of our being" ~Ganga White |
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