Happy Leap Day! Those that know me well know one of my favorite lines is, “You’ll be fine.”
The gift of this extra day seems like an excellent time to take a big, giant leap of faith.
If I want to do something that my husband isn’t keen on me doing, I tell him, “You’ll be fine”. We joke about it because he is always fine.
If a friend is hemming and hawing about something, I am likely to tell her, “You’ll be fine”.
I have unwavering faith that I am supported by the Universe. That faith makes me pretty brave about taking leaps of faith and trusting that in the end that I will be fine. Even if the leap of faith doesn’t go as I anticipated, I learn invaluable lessons that support me in my personal growth.
The list of my leaps of faith is long.
There was the time I got pregnant with my son and I was not married to his “father”. (I use that term loosely, but that’s another post altogether.) I was unemployed and didn’t have a clue how I would support a child as a single parent. Big, giant leap of faith.
Our needs were always provided.
There was the time I placed a personal ad in “The Dallas Observer” when I was searching for my soul mate.
I found him.
There was the time my husband and I decided to move to Seattle because we wanted an adventure for our family. Neither of us had ever been to Seattle, but we heard it was an awesome place.
It was.
There was the time I decided to fulfill my lifelong dream of owning a horse. I bought myself horseback riding lessons for my 40th birthday.
I now have a horse and one of my favorite things to do is spend the day riding him at a nearby lake with my husband and his horse.
There was that time I wanted to learn to paint so I invested in supplies and took my first online course.
As silly as it sounds, that was one of the scariest things I’ve ever done. It put me face to face with my inner critic. Her critical voice was loud in my head because she didn’t want me to make a fool of myself by painting ugly paintings.
Guess what? I’m fine. In fact, I’m better than fine. Painting helped me to make peace with my inner critic and to love myself even more.
There was that time I decided to retire from dentistry to create Beautifully Blissed. For 20 years I have dreamed of supporting women in healing whatever blocks them from living their lives in JOY.
The learning curve has been gigantic and I am pushed beyond my comfort zone every day. But the fear of getting to the end of my life without ever having tried it scared me more than taking the leap.
So what about you?