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Have you every tried to take a bold, next step and found yourself shaking in our boots because of the risk you are taking?
Every once in a while, I find myself trying to make some decisions about life, or business that just scare me! A lot! Mostly because in some way, I'm getting ready to take a risk - again.
Seven years ago,
The past few weeks, my mind has had a plethora of emotions whirling around a myriad of thoughts in such a way that I found myself at a stopping point. Not stuck, but not moving forward either. I have needed to ponder what it takes to leave a remarkable legacy.
My emotions have had a lot to do with time I spent with my Dad and Mom after Dad suffered a mild/ perhaps series of mild heart attacks. I watched as he wrestled with life...
I have been pondering two conversations I have recently had with some remarkable women, I am struck by their answers to my question, "What have you learned about yourself that is remarkable?"
One woman said, "I'm just a sinner saved by grace. God has done all the work. He is the remarkable one."
The other one said, "I have learned that I am able to do the hard work others are not willing to do. I didn't realize that was remarkable until I saw how it changed my life and helped others around me. I think that is remarkable."
Which answer is remarkable?...
I recently spent some time with my parents and my oldest 'little' brother and his wife. I am the oldest of 5 kids, and Steve is just 3 years younger than I am but a whole head taller. It is rare that it is just us at home with Mom and Dad. Steve and Eileen had planned to be there in the middle of February. I had flown home when Dad had a heart attack that week also.
I spent most of my time researching info, listening in to visits with the home health nurses and physical therapists, initiating the sometimes hard conversations that go along with these kinds of events in the life of your parents.
But Steve and Eileen came with a plan to 'work'.
I've been pondering the irony
of my study of remarkable life,
Abundant life
Man fully alive
As i feel that i am coming alive again
After walking through grief
As i now walk with my parents
Through struggle to live
after Dad's heart attack
And breathe
And eat & drink
And walk
It's like being born again
In a new way
All over again
Is this the end
Or a beginning ...
I almost didn't share it with you, but I don't think I'm the only one who struggles with this. So please tell me you know what I'm talking about.
This past week, I was challenged to approach five 'scary' women in my world to let them know about some of the opportunities I have for them at the new kathyburrus.com.
Now, by 'scary', I don't mean they are dark or ominous; or that they make me afraid. Well, ok, maybe they have made me a little afraid. But it is not because they tried to frighten me.
Rather it is because they are...
Yea, me too!
In fact, the last 6 months or so, I have felt like every thing I touched was only partially done. It seemed that there was always something missing; like when you finish the whole puzzle and realize there is one piece that has dropped to the floor, or is lost completely.
So I placed myself in accountability...
My business is called GREEN HOPE COACHING With KATHY BURRUS. For the past seven years, I have been working, serving, growing the GREEN HOPE COACHING side to help people see green hope in a brown world. I have cherished that opportunity and will continue to serve in that way, partly because I get the importance of it in my own life, but largely because loss is inevitable for all of us. I know how hard it is to find hope in those dark times. It can feel lonely, but we do not need to walk alone.
But in the past 6-8 months, I began to notice a 'discomfort' within myself. I felt like I was squirming and throwing elbows in an effort to break free of something. It seemed like every new coaching option I was presenting was 'failing'
