"We have to dare to be ourselves,
however frightening
or strange that self may prove to be."
May Sarton
Ahh, to dare to be oneself. What a glorious and frightening prospect. There are risks involved aren't there? What if people don't really like you? What if they think you are strange? What if..... For myself personally, fear is what always has stopped me from taking risks, from daring to do something I am unsure of. We don't always know the outcomes. We cannot see the end results of all our decisions. Wouldn't it be much safer to just not Dare? Yes. Safer, risk free, fail proof and yet, what are we missing? In that instance when we Dare to dream, to risk, to fly we are really living. If we fail, if we fall, if we are hurt, well at least we were bold. At least in that moment we were being our true and glorious selves. We dared to try something, create something, be something. We were scared and yet, with courage that has said it's prayers, we DARED to do it anyway.
What do you Dare to do?
For this Word Up we have a special prize pack to give away. One lucky winner picked randomly from the entries will win a set of 12 Whimsical Christmas Cards, 4 of each design, from Revlie's Etsy Shop Revolution. As a special treat for you, she is also offering a 10% discount! Just use the code "Wordster" in the coupon code section. Also she has a sale in the shop right now: if you buy 3 sets of Christmas Cards, you'll receive a free set of 8 mixed media cards. Here's a look at the wonderfuly whimsical Christmas Cards:
If you want to play along and create something using this word up, please share a link at the bottom of this post with the inlinkz button. Please leave a link to a specific blog post or image on flickr, rather than a general url. We look forward to seeing what you create (art journal, scrapbook page, mini album, etc). We will leave the link open until November 30th, midnight Mountain time. You must have your creation submitted by then to be eligible for the prize pack.
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Happy creating.
Inspiring, ladies! Looking forward to playing along!
Posted by: Lisa Flaherty | Nov 15, 2012 at 21:28
Great word!
Posted by: Tenaya | Nov 15, 2012 at 22:49
Fantastic...from an ardent admirer- SPS
Posted by: samuel p sporn | Nov 16, 2012 at 07:59
gorgeous work!..love this months word and hoping to join in :)
Posted by: Gina | Nov 17, 2012 at 15:34
I just found this challenge through Carolyn Dube's blog. I must admit that I am swamped with lots going on, but I like the idea of having a challenge with one word!
Posted by: Marcia | Nov 20, 2012 at 19:22
I'd really appreciate if you share a link to other resources that have data about this topic just in case you are aware of some.
Posted by: K. Kerner | Feb 04, 2013 at 05:29