What If?

I was going back through some of my old files today, and found this piece that I had written a few years back. In keeping with the whole message of my blog thus far, I thought I would share it...

"You can run. Sometimes you can run away, hoping that what you're running from will not be able to keep up. You can run and run and run until you have nothing left, and that 'thing' will still be right behind you like you haven't run anywhere at all. And where are you? Tired, hurt, far away from familiar...and STILL at the place you left a thousand miles ago. Apathy is a sad excuse for fear. Playing the victim is a sad excuse for not owning up to your own mistakes. Anger is a sad excuse for insecurity. You have to face your fears head on. You have to take a chance when there seems to be no chance left. You have to reconcile when there seems to be no love left. You have to put yourself out there when all you might get is nothing at all. There's nothing worse than living your life wondering 'what it?'. What if you had made that call? What if you had faced that fear? What if you had seized hold of that opportunity? What if you had chased down the one thing your heart craves? What if you had done what nobody thought you would OR could do? What if? I don't know what would happen. But i do know that you would feel a deep sense of peace. Whether it worked in your favor or not, you would know that nothing more could be done. You would know deep inside that you put yourself out there, faced your fear, and dared to ask 'what if?'. And maybe you'd inspire someone else to ask the same question of himself too." -L. Yarbrough

Each day when we wake up, we are faced with challenges, small or large. It's easy to get overwhelmed and as a result, be immobile. But I've learned that incredible things happen when we are willing to face our challenges head on and take incredible risks.

I wish you all a very successful week!

-LAUREN

P.S. This blog was meant for me, more than any of you... (a sort of self-therapy). I start my job tomorrow, and I'm having the first day jitters. :)