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brave is you*

i have really been struggling these last few weeks on “being enough.” so, in light of a different perspective, i am going to use this space today to list what i am brave at. i invite you to do the same…either in the comment section, your blog, your personal journal, etc.

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i am brave. i am.

i am brave because i leave spaces and things that no longer serve me. i look towards the bigger picture and let my heart lead me. i am brave because i leap even when i am scared shitless. and i get scared. a lot.

i am brave because i teach little girls to art journal. i am brave because i worry less about “the product” and focus more on bringing magic. i am brave because i show them my less than shiny parts-so they know we all feel these things. i am brave because i tear out pages in old books to paint and cut. i am brave because i so deeply trust this process.

i am brave because i let myself crash out everyday after work with delilah. i am brave because i am learning to know my limits of what i can and cannot do. i am brave because sometimes “good enough” is MORE than enough.

we lay like this for hours….

i am brave because i have decided to not take things personally anymore. (yes i read the 4 agreements years and years ago but it has taken this long to really sink in.) i am brave because i am learning to focus on what is and not what is not. i am brave because i allow others to be themselves. i am brave because i do not do this perfectly but can feel and see the difference in my life since i have made this decision.

i am brave because i have stopped saying yes all the time. i have more time for me. i am brave because i no longer spend all my energy complaining about what is so wrong in my life. i am brave because i do not do this perfectly either but at least the voice that says “are you sure this is what you want?” is louder than “but what if that is not okay?”

i am brave because i am starting to embrace my oddness. i don’t do groups well. i would rather sit home with tea and the kitty or make art with a kindred. i am brave because i have (this does not include the week before my peroid) stopped trying to fit in so much and be normal. i am brave because i make my own rules now. rules that work better with who i am.

i am brave because i am learning to wing it.

i am brave because i am a compassionate friend.

i am brave because i am kind to strangers.

i am brave because i can admit that i probably eat those little german gummies bears every other day. or everyday.

i am brave because i inspire others to be themselves.

i am brave because i am learning to be gentle.

i am brave because i just am. and so are you.

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your words are what i needed this afternoon.

haribo and i are on intimate terms lately. my favorite are the clear-white ones. wink. xo

Thank you for sharing this.

Big hugs to you and your being brave.
Love Toni

yes. somedays i read your words and i identify so much with them and today you made me remember that i am brave too. thank you beautiful, xo

Thank you for you inspiration, here. It was just what I needed to hear, too.

I wrote my own braveness on my blog. http://warriorgirl.blogspot.com/2008/08/fall-down-seven-times-stand-up-eight.html

I hope your brave sticks with you, and I hope mine sticks with me. Thanks

you are brave
because
you are brave! xx

2day i was brave
when i told another
that im feeling
so0o0o0o
v u l n e r a b l e
and would like to hear 3sweetthings…

I want to give voice to what I’m brave about too- I’ll post it at my blog.

I love that you lay down for a rest with Delilah- I take a little Granny nap after I work too. Hey, it worked for Einstein!! xoxo

What makes me brave?

My love is brave. To us, it makes perfect sense and color is not an issue, but it takes courage, patience, and understanding – not to mention ridding ourselves of Energy Vampires.
I love him because of who he is, how he makes me feel, and the fact that love finally makes sense.

I am brave for not being a statistic, for leaving the hood and striving for more, for outside-of-the-box thinking, daring to live my life to the fullest, and accepting only the best.

I am brave because I am ME, when it is sometimes easier to put the clothes on and play dress up and pretend.

I am brave because I attempt to reach others by simply living my life like its golden

Thanks for the inspiration Dancing Mermaid!

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I am very much enjoying your blog! How inspiring…would love to do a Toronto-based version of the “You are enough” campaign…feel like sharing?

Yes, just this week I am realizing the bravery in leaving behind things (or people) that do not serve us. It’s harder than I imagined, and in the midst of sorrow, I still feel that glimmer of the courage within me.

Thank you.

You put me in mind of my dear friend River. She has us paint smooth river rocks with our years intentions/dreams as gifts of thanksgiving for the coming year…so when I saw your rocks I couldn’t help but think of River. Regardless…sometimes she doesn’t feel like she or things are good enough and she struggles with knowing whether she is unnecessarily berating herself or pushing herself for productivity. She came to the conclusion that she is in a tweener spot “The two seem so extremely different, so how can I be in the middle? But I think I am. Maybe this place between is like the space between vertebrae, necessary for health and flexibility. Maybe it means I am growingâ€¦” ~http://riverwrites.typepad.com/my_weblog/blog_index.html
I love the thought of being like the space between vertebrae…it’s all very very necessary. I think being brave is in that very same space.
Thank you for your thoughts.
~Cin

Add that you are brave because you are willing to share all this out loud on the internet… I think so anyway. Cheers for the inspiration!

I am brave because there ain’t NO sexual position I’m afraid to try. IN FACT, I’m pretty sure I invented a few, and that makes me brave too.

Kisses and wet licks,
C.

So funny that this is your latest post, because I was just thinking that I needed to tell McCabe how brave I am…I made it to Alaska, solo!

you are so freaking cool!
(and yes…brave!)

I am trying to be brave, but it some days it seems very hard, but I keep trying.
Thanks for the inspiration !

I am trying to be brave, but some days it seems very hard, but I keep trying.
Thanks for the inspiration !

i put my list here: http://www.audaciousgirl.com/Audacious_Girl/blog/Entries/2008/8/11_brave%2Bme%3D_audacious.html

for me, ‘brave’ is moment by moment.
making choices.
being kind.
embracing myself and others.

not perfect but certainly trying my best AND i am learning that is good enough

thank you mccabe for being YOU.

bunches of love, xo

Thanks… brave was just what I wasn’t feeling yesterday — and what I needed.

Eventually, I realized that I was being brave

Brave to see that I was feeling vulnerable
Brave to ask for help
Brave for writing the email
Brave for knowing that I would be ok regardless of the outcome

Today, I doubled down with the Superhero necklace and the bear power earrings == plus recognizing my own brand of bravery has me feeling life size again, ready to do battle or just live.

Thanks again… your bravery is treasured.

i love this exercise. i’m going to think on it for a bit and than make my own I am brave statements.

brave is sharing the fact that you don’t always feel brave.

brave is being vulnerable so that others can openly be that, too.

brave is trying to pull yourself up by the bootstraps … time and time again, by reminding yourself why you ARE brave.

i admire and appreciate you, McCabe. please keep bravely sharing.

I am brave because I bought my first jar of Mod Podge and I just finished the first 2 pages of my art journal.

Miracles are all around! Thank you for this post! I am brave too and this was sooooo amazing! It’s like you pushed me to remind myself I am enough! It’s a theme I need to remember!

Thank you thank you thank you!

Youre truly blessed!
M

Hi, I just began reading your blog and I can tell already it is just as yummy for the soul as Andrea and Jen Lemen’s are – the two blogs that got me hooked on, well, blogs.
I’m really intrigued by this whole Art Journal thing and was wondering if you could explain it to me as much as is possible in words?
I’ve recently gotten back into writing and journaling and thought it might be fantastic.
Excited to read more of your musings

I am brave because I can let my partner go (and leave me with the 1,5 year old behind), even if I love him so much, I am brave because I breath into the pain and slowely let go, I am brave because I can pull myself out of the hole and be there for my son, I am brave because I do pretty well in “being his friend” and stay loving even if it hurts me so much that he prefers the new thing to what we have because he loves drama more then silent comfy love and understanding. I am brave because I am trying… I am brave for trying to save our love before too. I am brave for reaching out and getting help…

I am brave because I am pressing on and NOT giving up!

Thanks for this post…I find you very wise

That is so lovely. Thank you for it. You are very brave, indeed. And so am I, in many ways.

Glad I found your blog. I’ll be back!

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