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I commit a whole chapter to discovering your natural Courage Persona in my book, Learning to Roar. I also provide a resource chapter dedicated to helping you cultivate that persona. Discovering what attribute of courage we possess naturally and how to develop ourselves in that area; is key to our personal growth. I’ve found it also helpful to know areas where I struggle to be courageous the most. Working with both our strengths and weaknesses is how we learn to tend our gardens well. Here’s a an excerpt from Chapter Five, Learning to Roar.
I see now. Maybe not the whole picture, but at least a corner or two. All those tears, all the pain, all the conversations with my counselor, the discovery of depression and the fight to overcome it. You had a purpose in all of it, didn’t You?
From my smashed heart I have learned to trust God in ways I never thought I could or would have to. I created a saying which I use often about my life: “Pain has a Holy Spirit magic way of making you beautiful.”
I commit a whole chapter to discovering your natural Courage Persona in my book, Learning to Roar. I also provide a resource chapter dedicated to helping you cultivate that persona. Discovering what attribute of courage we possess naturally and how to develop ourselves in that area; is key to our personal growth. I’ve found it also helpful to know areas where I struggle to be courageous the most. Working with both our strengths and weaknesses is how we learn to tend our gardens well. Here’s a an excerpt from Chapter Five, Learning to Roar.
Living a life of comfort has resulted in isolation, and I’ve lived here too long. No one knows me because no one has seen me, the real me. I’ve chosen comfort over taking risks, over living a life. But God didn’t make me so I could stay hidden in my cozy little shell.
One day in a quiet coffee shop, a friend challenged me to try anyway (as if that simple advice would wipe away all my concerns). She told me to write what I know, that hundreds of thousands of mothers can relate to the mundane and yet heart-wrenching rhythms of temper tantrums and potty training.
Throughout that relationship I traded bits and pieces of my true self in for who I thought I should be. Remember Tim Burton’s version of Alice in Wonderland where the Mad Hatter tells Alice she “lost her muchness”? I felt like that after we broke up. I lost my “muchness”.
I want to cover my eyes at the world and tell it to go away. I want to hide my brokenness because that’s what I’ve been taught to do. I’ve been taught to hide my blemishes and my flaws because I’ve only known them as weakness. So, when the world gets loud, and I start to crack, I want to hide. Oh, Lord help me see my brokenness as beautiful in the presence of your love.
Why does it take courage to face forward? Let's consider these factors. The transition from 2020 to 2021 seems circumstantially unchanged. This might be the case for other years as well. And even though this is true, we can still choose to be intentional with our attitude and actions. With the growth we've experienced by getting through the challenges of 2020 we can face our current challenges with the courage we've acquired. Here's how.
I commit a whole chapter to discovering your natural Courage Persona in my book, Learning to Roar. I also provide a resource chapter dedicated to helping you cultivate that persona. Discovering what attribute of courage we possess naturally and how to develop ourselves in that area; is key to our personal growth. I’ve found it also helpful to know areas where I struggle to be courageous the most. Working with both our strengths and weaknesses is how we learn to tend our gardens well. Here’s a an excerpt from Chapter Five, Learning to Roar.