Five Minute Friday: Risk

Dear Life,


It's five minute Friday....and the topic is RISK...so...here goes!


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Risk is a tricky thing.  It's scary to try something new....to step outside of  your box.
What if you fail.
What if you get made fun of.
What if you can't do what you are trying to do.
Why try?
Why make the effort.
Staying within the boundaries of the norm is easy....comfortable.
It's also binding, restricting, and limiting.
Taking a risk is chancy....but wonderful things can happen when you climb out of your safety box, open up your wings, and fly.  When you jump off the ledge from safety, you SOAR.  You stomach drops, you might even think you will puke, but once you realize there's no going back....you can allow yourself to feel the moment...to live and challenge yourself.  Chances are opportunities will start coming your way....challenges will become triumphs....and you...you will discover something about yourself.  That you CAN do things...even hard things....and that you can and should take a risk.  Because maybe, just maybe the risk is the same old same old stuff.  Maybe the risk is not reaching, learning, growing, doing.  Maybe the risk is when you do the same things over and over....by rote...by memory.  You risk letting life pass you by...you risk letting your life stay stagnant.
I'm ready to fly....are you?

STOP

Tuesday TEN

Dear Life,
Today I am joining Mom2MemphisandRuby with and sharing my Tuesday Ten.
Her prompt was
Ten Reasons I Love...
THIS MAN:

1.     He is the most loving man I have ever met.2.     He is more patient than ANYONE I know.  3.     He is an amazing father...and an amazing husband.4.     His family (not only our family but his parents and siblings) mean the WORLD to him.5.     He has an amazing work ethic...and gives his all to everything he does.6.     Let's face it...he's hot.7.     He still holds my hand.8.     He watches chick flicks with me (and yes I see him tearing up sometimes).9.      He's funny.....(even when I don't appreciate his humor)10.    He loves me....and treats me like a princess every day.  
What's on your top ten?

Five minute Friday (on Sunday)

So as I was hopping around blogs I found this FANTASTIC blog that hosts "Five Minute Friday" every week.  These are her rules

1. Write for 5 minutes flat – no editing, no over thinking, no backtracking
2. Link back here and invite others to join in.
3. And then absolutely, no ifs, ands or buts about it, you need to visit the person who linked up before you & encourage them in their comments. Seriously. That is, like, the rule. And the fun. And the heart of this community..

And I am excited about this!   Right up my alley!  Yes...I understand it's Sunday.  But the linky is still up...which means better late than never right?  Besides..you all miss my witty remarks! :)


The prompt this week was Path.  So....here goes!


READY....GO


PATH


Once....while much younger....I thought the path to life was simple...straight forward.
The older I got, the wiser I got.
The path got curvy.
With each child the path seemed to take different twists and turns.
The path straightened out at times...and that's what we call the easy years.
You know....when things seems to be smooth sailing....
By the time baby boy number five came along our path went down a cliff.....
And yet we were able to find our way again...we found the path.
This path of ours....it has led us to extreme joy....and painful heartache.  
And now....this very year...this very week....this path dips again.
I send my oldest son off to college....not down the street...but to an island in the pacific.
I will miss him dearly.
His path is starting.
That is so strange to think of.
His path is just beginning....to him it is simple....straight forward.
I can't wait to see what twists and turns his path takes.
I hope he remembers that I will always be there.

STOP




Wow...that was awesome.....so fun!  I highly recommend writing this way!  








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Dear Life,

I don't think I have ever met a young girl so amazing as Ellie.  She has created an organization to support and lift up young women.  She has found young women as well as some not so young (ahem) to lend their voices to her dream.  There is a linkup on the Speak Now blog...please check it out.  Ellie has amazing foresight for such a young girl.