Aspire Magazine: Inspiration for a Woman's Soul.(TM) August/September 2015 Unleashing Your Magnificence | Page 41
Here’s what I now
know for sure: Each
of us is magnificent
and inherently brave.
Yet too often we keep
our gifts tucked deep
inside because we’re
afraid to step up and
shine brightly. We think
no one will notice or
care about our gifts. Or
we’re afraid we’ll fail
and look like a fool.
seated conflict. I had to give
up the job I trained for and
held for years to do a job for
which I had no experience.
my daily practice of living
magnificently and bravely.
I’ve learned, essentially, to
just get started.
Bottom line: I had no real
idea what I was doing, and
I knew it at the time. But
I believed I would figure
things out.
And really, if you want to
feel the same freedom from
self-doubt, starting is the
most effective remedy.
My desire was so strong that
I took decisive and inspired
Here’s the really cool thing,
though: any time you take
action and do the work
you’ve set out for
yourself, you’re not
doing it alone. The
Universe also starts
to conspire on your
behalf.
...any time you take action
and do the work you’ve set
out for yourself, you’re not
doing it alone. The Universe
also starts to conspire on
your behalf.
When I took my job with
Doctors Without Borders
in Mexico I had to pack up
my comfortable life in the
United States and move
to a part of the world that
had no running water or
electricity.
I had to move to an area
where
the
indigenous
people and the Mexican
government had spent
centuries locked in deep-
action, and where before
the voices of self-doubt kept
me stuck, choosing a path
and taking action allowed
momentum to take over.
When that happened I had
little time to indulge in selfdoubt or fear because there
was work to be done. So I
got on with it.
Based on that experience,
getting myself to act on
my desires regardless of
my fears is now a part of
You don’t have to take
my word for it. Listen
to what WH Murray, a
Scottish mountaineer
and author of The
Scottish
Himalayan
Experience had to say:
This may sound too simple,
but is great in consequence:
Until one is committed,
there is hesitancy, the
chance to draw back,
always
ineffectiveness.
Concerning all acts of
initiative (and creation),
there is one elementary
truth the ignorance of
which kills countless ideas
and splendid plans: that
the moment one definitely
commits oneself, then
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I had faith that if I kept
taking the next sensible
step, which included taking
advice from people who
had more experience than
me and getting people on
my team who had the skills
I lacked, I would get to the
finish line. And I did, even
if I also made quite a few
mistakes and learned many
lessons along the way.