Having the Courage to do what is right.
Sometimes going upstream is better than going downstream. But it has to be something worth the risk, something worth fighting for. When I go upstream, it’s usually one of the hardest thing I’ll end up doing. Yet, thus far it has been worth it.
But, here’s the kicker, I don’t go upstream without the support of people who have earned the spot to speak into my life. Ultimately it’s my decision, but my decision has consequences whether good or bad. For example, I’ve been told a blog shouldn’t involve my personal life….strictly photography and hair styling. To some extent that is true and a wise thing to do. But I use my blog to encourage others, to reflecting life through them.
In order to encourage and be authentic…there usually has to be something I’ve personally lived through or that I’ve seen affect others that is with permission good to tell. To be honest, I also write to myself to keep me honest and to remind myself to look outside of my little world.
Furthermore, I’m discovering just how big and yet how small this world is. My favorite places to go is the places where there is everything and yet nothing to do. You have to use imagination to fill your days, to create. I’m discovering that someone I know knows someone who I want to get to get to know is actually more common than I think. Or that I know someone who people didn’t know that I know that they know. It’s confusing to try to write…but hopefully you’ll get the gist of what I am trying to say. I get inspired by people and sometimes going upstream is a risk I weigh not just for myself…but for people I love.
Sometimes I float downstream because I know that opportunity wasn’t worth the risk. Other times I take it slow up-stream testing it, and discover which way to go. Then other times I fight and I fight hard clinging to the core of what I know is true. Today it’s hard to cling to what you know is true, and to take risks. The older I get that are days I’m incline to play it safe, but then there are the days when I take the leap not fully knowing how I am going to land.
Today? I’d say I’m mostly probing upstream…testing out ideas, counting cost except in one area in my life there I’m forging full speed upstream. It is a glorious feeling.