Wishcasting Wednesday!!!!

How do you wish to be brave?! 

This really touched me because I just recently took an online course with Brave Girls Camp and so I though't I'd share some of those details:

I started this journey not knowing at all what to expect and a bit nervous!  I have to say that I did feel at the begining that I wasn't so sure I should be in the class for two reasons!  My first reason - maybe it was an excuse - There are so many women out there that have had terrible things happen to them, or are going through hard times right now and here I was not really having anything awful have happened - I started to feel like this wasn't for me!  Then someone posted a comment that we need to remember that we each have our own story - bad OR good!  I needed that!  Once I realized that I didn't have to have a sad story to share it made it easier, I still have had tough things happen including my Grandfather pass away unexpectedly right before Christmas - almost 2 years to the date that my uncle passed away from cancer.  I realized these are all things I could learn from and could grow from these experiences and these are my hard times.  I will be able to take what I have learned with me into the future for any struggles I might have to go through and this class has made me be able to do that! 

My second "reason" I wasn't so sure about htis class is that I am NOT crafty at all!  I am amazed by all of the amazing things the women out there in this class and the crafting world can do!  I truely admire them and wish I could have that ability - this is just something I wasn't born with.  I have to try very hard to be crafty!  However, through the class I was able to find a bit of my inner craftiness and was very pleased with how my projects turned out!  I learned to be TRUE to myself with the projects and go with what felt right for me and what inspired me - not what others were doing - that wouldn't help me in the process!

I feel have become more patient with myself which in turn has led me to be more patient with others around me and to be more understanding.  I have learned to take a step back and try to see all sides of the story and know that at anytime the person we are talking with might be going through a struggle that we don't even know about - so we need to be gentle with ourselves and with others we meet!

Here is one of the Daily Truths I received during this workshop & I got it the day after I wrote this post - perfect timing!!!!!

DEAR UNIQUE GIRL:

             EVERYONE HAS A DIFFERENT JOURNEY.......SO DIFFERENT IN FACT, THAT NEW LESSONS CAN BE LEARNED EVERY SINGLE DAY FROM EACH OTHER'S JOURNEYS.  YOUR FRIEND'S JOURNEYS ARE DIFFERENT FROM YOURS, YOUR CHILDREN'S ARE DIFFERNT TOO......YOUR PARENTS ALSO WENT ON AN ENTIRE DIFFERNT JOURNEY THAN THE ONE THAT IS MEANT FOR YOU.

             THAT IS WHY IT IS SO IMPORTANT NOT TO COMOPARE, CRITICIZE OR COMPLAIN.  WE OFTEN HAVE THE TENDENCY TO COMPARE THE WORST OF WHAT WE ARE LIVING THROUGH WITH THE BEST OF WHAT OTHERS ARE ENJOYING.  EVERYONE HAS THE EXACT PATH, WITH THE EXACT BATTLES AND THE EXACT JOYS THAT ARE MEANT FOR THEM.  WE ALL LEARN IN DIFFERNT WAYS.....AND WE CAN ALL LEARN SO MUCH FROM EACH OTHER TOO.

SO....LIVE YOUR LIFE.  MAKE THE MOST OF YOUR LIFE...AND WHENEVER YOU HAVE THE CHANCE TO MEET ANOTHER FELLOW TRAVELER ALONG THE ROAD OF LIFE...LEND A HELPING HAND WHENVER YOU CAN...AN ENCOURAGING SMILE OR A KIND WORD OR TWO.  BE HAPPY WHEN GOOD THINGS HAPPEN TO OTHERS AND SHOW COMPASSION WHEN DIFFICULT THINGS COME ALONG...REMIND THOSE YOU KNOW THAT ALL OF IT IS GOOD...ALL OF IT.