BRAVE

"That's why we have to start. That's why we have to go first. That's why we have to be brave - so that other will be inspired to be brave along with us. We can be brave because we were always meant to be brave."

- Annie Downs

Sitting on the couch, having deep conversation and relationship with my dearest friend Chelsea, we discussed how the men in our lives seem to live in fear. They are controlled by the fear that this one decision in their life might change things; this XYZ decision could be the best thing that ever happened and could change their life in such a way that they'd be the strongest, best version of themselves they were meant to be. Yet those whispers of fear are loud enough to keep them stagnant.
She and I are choosing the opposite though; we are choosing to be brave. It's scary as shit! We have no clue what our future holds; who it holds! But that unknown is better than the alternative; paralyzed by fear. Because that, that dead and barren lifestyle, isn't us. We are living. We are healing. We are bearing fruit. We are brave. 

"Whether you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear a voice behind you saying, 'This is the way; walk in it".

 Isaiah 30:21

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