I've enjoyed the add-on quality of each new element - nothing + truth, then desire, etc. But this week - all i did was ask myself what risk I could take today - and so often, I didn't have an answer (more creative brainstorming called for??) I feel like I push my boundaries all the time - so I did have reluctance to increase my risk taking - but I also know it is essential: the more I lean into my fear, the more I can master this skill.
Risk#1: give a man a compliment . OK. I did it. A man with red shoes - quirky and cool shoes. Doing this wasn't such a biggie - but doesn't Martha say it's not about the result it's about the act?
Risk#2 - saying oh h...l with it - instead of being guided by doubt and "good sense" - I applied for a job I don't have the professional equipment to carry out, but told them how much I wanted to do it anyway; and then I applied for a job in NYC, where I've recently imagined myself living at sometime in the future. I guess, really the risk taking is a push into action, rather than remaining inert because of rational doubts - and also a way to practice detaching myself from expecting results and outcome, just engaging in the action itself.
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"I guess, really the risk taking is a push into action, rather than remaining inert because of rational doubts - and also a way to practice detaching myself from expecting results and outcome, just engaging in the action itself." I love how put that... so simple, yet eloquent! Here's to enjoying the journey itself!
That's the way to do it. Risk it, you may get it. You go girl...
Absolutely! Taking risks makes things possible.
Amen!!! :-)
Thank you for sharing your experience with risk. I really love the way you pushed yourself and were thus able to come to some new realizations about risk. Good luck with all your risk taking. I hope you land the job in New York.
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