Day Nine: Joyfully Organized - Courage

Each day from December 7th through the day of the Joyfully Organized Teleclass - January 7th - I will be posting each day about something that made me happy, joyful, smile or laugh - you get the idea.

 I've been reading - Leadership the Eleanor Roosevelt Way.  Timeless Strategies from the First Lady of Courage by Robin Gerber. 


One chapter talks about courage and I want to share this quote from Eleanor Roosevelt.  "Courage is more exhilarating than fear, and in the long run it is easier.  We do not have to become heroes overnight.  Just a step at a time, meeting each thing that comes up, seeing it is not as dreadful as it appeared, discovering we have the strength to stare it down."

 "It is not as dreadful as it appeared."  "It" never is, is it?  We tend to think the worst, right?  I know I sometimes do.  

 Knowing that I have the, "strength to stare it down," is helpful.  We all have that strength.  I smile knowing that.

 What made you joyful today?

In Joy,


Wendy

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