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<\/p>\nA few hours after returning home from the Valley, I woke up in what felt like a drunken stupor and tried to make sense of the thoughts flooding my mind.\u00a0 Had I really gotten naked center stage in front of hundreds of people? And…oh dear…had I really given out my blog address to those hundreds of people with a promise to write everyday?<\/p>\n
Funny thing is, I didn’t mind the getting naked part, I’d gladly do that again, but the blog promise… well–let me tell you my friends–that definitely made me question my sanity.<\/p>\n
“What was I thinking?” I wondered. “Seriously. What have I done?”<\/p>\n
“What you’ve done,” a gentle, reassuring voice whispered to my heart, “Is said Yes.”<\/p>\n
The thought instantly comforted me as I remembered the following words written by Rory Feek,<\/p>\n
“If you would have told me back then, that that one decision would open the door for all of Joey’s dreams to come true (and dreams that I never even dared to dream also), I wouldn’t have believed you. I had no idea what would happen. I only knew that I was scared and nervous, and wanted to say no. In my mind, it didn’t add up. So for once, I didn’t use my mind, I used my heart and just said yes… And that made all the difference”<\/p>\n
I don’t know why I felt compelled to make those promises on that stage–maybe all of that nakedness had gone to my head–and I don’t know if that decision will lead to any greater consequence than to simply help me fulfill the goals that I’ve put off for far too long.<\/p>\n
But what I do know is that I said yes…<\/p>\n
and yes is where it all begins.<\/p>\n
“If you don’t choose behaviors beyond your natural instincts for what you like and don’t like, you will miss brilliant opportunities in your life.” ~Mark Bowden<\/p>\n
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(me, standing naked in front of the crowd)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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