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To the Core

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“Be courageous this month. Take on a challenge that you always thought was beyond your capability. Pursue an idea despite not knowing if people will respond positively. Dive into a relationship even if you’ve been hurt. Embrace vulnerability and reveal yourself without holding back. Exposing who we are (good and bad) takes lots of courage. Actually the root of the word courage is cor – the Latin word for heart and it’s originally meaning was “to connect by revealing all of your heart.” – Brene Brown

 

(thanks to Jump for Joy! Photo Project for sharing this quote from Brene Brown on yesterday’s blog post)

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Encouraged by Cucumbers

It’s not just cucumbers.

It’s their real-life example of the power of growth. From that first tendril that took hold one month ago…

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To the fecund vine that has taken over my garden’s fenceline…

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It’s the natural fundamental. This propensity to flower and fruit. This inherent directive to evolve. The fulfillment of a destiny.

All, only possible through the necessary ingredients: sunlight, water, soil.

Tonight, I imbibe the fruit of encouragement.

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I Sight

I got a mild prescription for eye glasses about six years ago. They were supposed to help with reading and night driving. Sometimes I would use them when I spent a long time looking at a computer screen.

Because they only seemed to slightly enhance my vision, I never took to using them with much frequency. Over the course of the last year or two they’ve been left in a box, untouched.

Lately, my eyes have been stuck in boxes, moving between a multitude of spreadsheet cells for hours at a time. I dug into that abandoned box and dusted off my handy glasses, thinking I’d be doing my eyes a favor.

Funny thing is, nothing was clear when I put them on. Everything was actually more blurred.

Curious metaphor.

Seems my sight has changed.

 

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