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Being Brave

10/27/2014

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Being Brave. I have always thought of myself as a strong person. Brave. The kind of person who will take on the world. Courageous. Not fearful. Never as someone who would let fear stop me. 

But recently I realized that I was letting "Fear" stop me. I had a lot of valid reasons for not doing something that I have always professed as being important to me. Something that was part of "what I believed was a purpose for my life". While all of my reasons were and are valid. Ultimately they boiled down to fear and lack of trust in God and others. 

The thought of 'facing' these fears is actually a little...no a lot...scary for me. But I had several different situations in the last month confirm or convict me.....that it is time to face these fears and trust others and God. 

This is the first blog post of my journey of life, hope, peace and happiness. 

Why Share?

I have felt for over 20 years that I was to share some things from my life and how God carried me through them and through life and brought me to healing...over and over again. 

I am not sure how it will evolve or what I will feel called to share. Often the topics could be sensitive and controversial in the sense that many will have differing opinions about the choices made by those involved in my life and with the choices I made as well. I realize that all of us have had situations where we made choices we look back on and we wonder about them or know they were wrong. I think that sometimes life is more complex than that. A choice might be wrong in many ways but that choice, that situation that you experienced -uniquely shaped you and your future choices, they are all interwoven. 

So I have learned-and am still learning to grant myself grace and forgiveness as God would. I try to see myself through God's eyes. How would God look at me in those moments of fear, doubt, hopelessness, and insecurity? 

I hope that my experiences would bring hope, peace and healing to others.
Thanks for reading :-)
Shannon
4 Comments
Janice E. Sztukowski
10/28/2014 12:31:32 am

AND I hope that you add travel this path, you too will find hope, peace, and healing.

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Shannon Friedman
11/22/2014 08:46:25 am

Of course Travel is part of the Journey:-)

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Stephanie Southwick
11/22/2014 07:23:28 am

Wow. Thank you for sharing, Shannon. You are a brave woman and very inspirational.

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Shannon Friedman
11/22/2014 08:45:58 am

Thanks so much for the positive feedback and encouragement!. Shannon

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