You Never Know Where The Path Will Lead You

Wooded area beside the Cape Fear River

Lately I have been challenging myself to take more risks in life. Smart risks of course. Life is too short to be so shy as not to ask a question that might lead to discovering something new and exciting.

I have spent too much of my life not speaking up when I should have. Now I just step out and don't over think things. My world has really started to open up and be a lot more interesting.

Everyday I try to go to new places. Having new adventures is a daily goal. For most of my life, I always found safety and security in proven rituals or routines. But the thing is: when you do the same things, the same way for years, you usually get the same results.

This type of behavior can lead to becoming settled and not growing in confidence or knowledge. The goal is to take a different path everyday. I am making a lot of amazing positive changes in my life right now because I shook things up in my life and stepped out on faith to live a more fulfilled life.

Life is full of paths. Some paths are good decisions. Some paths are clearly bad decisions.

Finding the courage to take that first step down a positive life changing path has been one of the best decisions I've made in a long time.

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Sunset - End Of Great Day

What are you going to let the sunset on in your life today?

I had a small problem that was stressing me out a lot more than I should have let it. Unfortunately, I was still letting that annoying situation bother me as I was about to go to sleep. This is not good for my health and happiness. Of course all of this rehashing the problem without deciding on a definite course of action did nothing to help. 

I should have been confident enough to bring my thought process to a logical stopping place. Let it go. Have faith that things will work out. Acknowledge to myself that I "worked the problem" and move on.

The next day, everything worked out fine. All the stress was for nothing. All of the "worst is going to happen" thinking was completely unnecessary.

At the end of the day, just as the sun is setting, I will remind myself to let go of that day's problems because I know I did my best. Be confident. Have faith. Let it go.

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Inspiration Encouragement and Motivation

I saw this cover of a blank journal in a discount clothing store (Citi Trends, I think) and snapped a quick picture of it.

Each sentence starts with a "Don't just.." This is important to note. We are supposed to do all of these things to the BEST of our abilities:

Believe

Achieve

Dream

Inspire

Hope

Accept

Wish

Trust

Wonder

Explore

Imagine

Create

Exist

Live

Do miss a another day without setting a goal to do all of these things to have the most incredible fulfilling life you can. Do what you love. Make your dreams happen - One Day at a Time.

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