112. Bravery is a Choice

Did you know you can just decide that you are going to be brave? The more we slow down the decision to be brave or not we start to realize that it really is just a state of mind. Telling ourselves that we are not brave is the intentional choice to not be. Telling ourselves that we are brave is the first step to intentionally choosing to be! So what’s your choice? This topic today is such a fun one and sometimes sounds like a Disney movie! When I talk to people why they do or do not move forward in their life’s decisions it comes down to whether or not they are willing to be brave. Really we never know how things are going to turn out in our lives and argue that we just aren’t brave enough to push forward into the unknown takes just as much energy as it does to just decide to be brave. It is a simple switch for us to understand that bravery is simply a choice, just like it is a simple choice to choose not to be brave. We need to intentionally choose to make this choice if we really want to analyze what comes with that choice or lack of choice. We think it is always easier to choose the just not be brave and not put ourselves out there so we don’t have to deal with that discomfort but what we often don’t address is that if we intentionally choose to not be brave we also have to think about what isn’t going to happen. Stop for a moment and think about the discomfort of staying exactly where you currently are. What could you be giving up with that choice? What could you unearth or discover if you choose to actually dive in and be brave? This doesn’t have to be dramatic and scary, just intentional. So as you think about your life, what is the choice you find yourself making or needing to make? Are you ready to be brave? Come chat with me if you are needing the walk through this one!