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June 25, 2015
June 7, 2013
brave
Have you heard this gem that Sara Bareilles brought to us?
I'm digging it.
Oh, bravery. You are a tough nut to crack.
When you're an outsider looking in, doesn't bravery seem easy?
When you're an insider looking in, doesn't it seem like the deepest widest pool that you want to get the heck out of ASAP?
I think about all the people I know who are doing brave things with their lives. I want some of that bravery.
I want to be the person who dances like no one's watching. I want to be the girl who sings without worrying about the right pitch. I want to invite people to watch the mystery of labor and birth. I want to be the person who leaves it all behind to live in a new country where I don't even know the language. I want to meet new people with all of my personality on the table. I want to try new things without worrying if I'll be able to be successful.
I just got into the accelerated nursing program I've been praying I would get into. My prayers felt like pleas because I was [honestly, completely, 99.9%] sure I wasn't going to get in. They base everything on grades and when I submitted my transcripts I was told, "oh, a B- in Anatomy? You'll probably have to retake that to get in." So, I made other plans. Every program has different pre-requisites so I took as many that would fill the slots I needed for different schools as I could. I completed my application to my first choice and then made a few back-up plans: private school, other public schools in Indiana, possible application to a public university in North Carolina, and then doing some more research on out-of-state schools I might be able to attend that would welcome my 3.52.
In the midst of taking my summer chemistry course, I got a packet in the mail!
Then, I cried.
If you know me well, you know I like a plan. I like structure. I've been waiting for over 10 years to figure out what the heck to do with my life and now you want me to wait and take this and that stupid course just so I can apply for your program that starts in EIGHT MONTHS?! What am I supposed to do with myself between here and there? I want, I NEED to start now! Let's get this show on the road!
So, that felt a little...anxious.
I have a list of things to complete [including a slew of immunizations] and then I start in August.
This August.
Two months.
Hallelujah!
It's going to be hard. I'm going to be a bad friend. I'll probably have moments of being a bad student. I'll let things slide. I'll forget important dates. But, in the end? I'm going to be headed in the right direction.
It's scary and intimidating.
I feel brave.
Oh, bravery. You are a tough nut to crack.
When you're an outsider looking in, doesn't bravery seem easy?
When you're an insider looking in, doesn't it seem like the deepest widest pool that you want to get the heck out of ASAP?
I think about all the people I know who are doing brave things with their lives. I want some of that bravery.
I want to be the person who dances like no one's watching. I want to be the girl who sings without worrying about the right pitch. I want to invite people to watch the mystery of labor and birth. I want to be the person who leaves it all behind to live in a new country where I don't even know the language. I want to meet new people with all of my personality on the table. I want to try new things without worrying if I'll be able to be successful.
I just got into the accelerated nursing program I've been praying I would get into. My prayers felt like pleas because I was [honestly, completely, 99.9%] sure I wasn't going to get in. They base everything on grades and when I submitted my transcripts I was told, "oh, a B- in Anatomy? You'll probably have to retake that to get in." So, I made other plans. Every program has different pre-requisites so I took as many that would fill the slots I needed for different schools as I could. I completed my application to my first choice and then made a few back-up plans: private school, other public schools in Indiana, possible application to a public university in North Carolina, and then doing some more research on out-of-state schools I might be able to attend that would welcome my 3.52.
In the midst of taking my summer chemistry course, I got a packet in the mail!
Then, I cried.
If you know me well, you know I like a plan. I like structure. I've been waiting for over 10 years to figure out what the heck to do with my life and now you want me to wait and take this and that stupid course just so I can apply for your program that starts in EIGHT MONTHS?! What am I supposed to do with myself between here and there? I want, I NEED to start now! Let's get this show on the road!
So, that felt a little...anxious.
I have a list of things to complete [including a slew of immunizations] and then I start in August.
This August.
Two months.
Hallelujah!
It's going to be hard. I'm going to be a bad friend. I'll probably have moments of being a bad student. I'll let things slide. I'll forget important dates. But, in the end? I'm going to be headed in the right direction.
It's scary and intimidating.
I feel brave.
So, what about you?
Who have you seen being brave?
What are you doing that makes you feel brave?
love you people.
April 19, 2013
March 26, 2013
a word or two
It's no secret I'm a lover of words.
I'm also a hoarder of quotes. Where do I hoard them? On pinterest, in a notebook that I neglect, and in Stickies.
This is a screen shot of my stickies with a list or two [I told you I love lists] and a recipe or three and a couple of blog posts [you can't write in Word and copy and paste into blogger, they hate each other] for good measure.
If anyone kidnaps my computer this is something I want back. OK? Notes and pictures and music and documents...well, don't steal my computer, please.
So, I'm making a goal to share one with you every once in awhile [I'd say every week, but we know how good I am at that *cough-etsy-cough*].
I'm also a hoarder of quotes. Where do I hoard them? On pinterest, in a notebook that I neglect, and in Stickies.
If anyone kidnaps my computer this is something I want back. OK? Notes and pictures and music and documents...well, don't steal my computer, please.
So, I'm making a goal to share one with you every once in awhile [I'd say every week, but we know how good I am at that *cough-etsy-cough*].
What ignites and excites you?
love you people.
xo
October 3, 2011
Words
I have so many pictures and words to get printed! Aaaarg! Why is it that the creating part isn't difficult, but the submitting and printing part [which should be the easiest] holds me up for months?
It's because I have big feet, isn't it?
I first heard this quote from Lizzie in one of her blog posts a while back.
These are words I want to read every day:
This is from the amazing, Ellen Davis. I don't know her, but I heard one of the best sermons at Duke Divinity School graduation [she starts around 31:30] last May from her.
Once it's printed, I think it will go up in my bathroom.
I can read it there daily.
It's because I have big feet, isn't it?
I first heard this quote from Lizzie in one of her blog posts a while back.
These are words I want to read every day:
This is from the amazing, Ellen Davis. I don't know her, but I heard one of the best sermons at Duke Divinity School graduation [she starts around 31:30] last May from her.
Once it's printed, I think it will go up in my bathroom.
I can read it there daily.
July 3, 2011
April 16, 2011
Togetherness
This speaks to me.
I feel all out of whack.
I don't have to and can't do it all myself.
Even though I probably want to.
Thanks for being together with me.
xo
June 25, 2009
June 5, 2009
Relationships
In college I was in a women’s spirituality group with five other women. We met weekly and spent the first 10-15 minutes in silence, letting go of the chaos around us. Our leader always led us into the meditation with the words: Breathe in the good for yourself. Breathe out the good for others. These words take me so many places, but most importantly back to the essence of who I want to be.
When I remember college, I don’t go to a world of academia. I go to a time in my life when I had the freedom to explore myself. A time when I made some of my closest friends and was forced to lean on people other than family. By leaving home, I had to find new people and I found a group of incredible women. These are not the only people in my life whom I consider my support system, but they represent the type of people I want to surround myself with.
The people who will love me at my best…and at my worst. The kind of love I want to reciprocate.
I want to be the person who approaches life with a positive attitude, with grace, with love and with hard work while remaining authentic to myself. To get caught up in everything around, is easy; gossip, fashion, technology, TV, facebook and money are seductive tools pulling my attention. To step away and take a moment, to breathe, to see what I truly value and what or who needs my attention can take more effort, but feels more rewarding.
Breathe in the good for yourself. Breathe out the good for others.
When I remember college, I don’t go to a world of academia. I go to a time in my life when I had the freedom to explore myself. A time when I made some of my closest friends and was forced to lean on people other than family. By leaving home, I had to find new people and I found a group of incredible women. These are not the only people in my life whom I consider my support system, but they represent the type of people I want to surround myself with.
The people who will love me at my best…and at my worst. The kind of love I want to reciprocate.
I want to be the person who approaches life with a positive attitude, with grace, with love and with hard work while remaining authentic to myself. To get caught up in everything around, is easy; gossip, fashion, technology, TV, facebook and money are seductive tools pulling my attention. To step away and take a moment, to breathe, to see what I truly value and what or who needs my attention can take more effort, but feels more rewarding.
Breathe in the good for yourself. Breathe out the good for others.
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