tought of the day - as well as a photo of the day

Found these thoughts on ALi E blog today (she has not had her baby yet!) and thought they were nice to ponder and share. They came from here (http://www.gypsygirlsguide.com/and was entitled - 'finding the courage to soar'.

So here is the first step. Before you even create a map of where you want to go, remember where you've been and what you've done. This is key to finding wisdom is your journey. Honor your own life and your own teachers, which are the challenges and accomplishments you went through and earned yourself. What I realized is that there is not just one big moment of courage in our lives. There are many. These moments come to us in different ways. At times we are forced into a leap (unexpected pregnancy, when parents or partners pass away, when we loose our job). At times we are called into a leap (when someone invites us for a trip of a lifetime, when our partner wants to move to a new city, when we are offered a chance, when we take the "money maker" role to support our family). Then there are also the daily tiny leaps we take for the sake of adventure (when we try new types of food, music, when we go out on a date, when we talk to a stranger, when we transition from blogger friends to real life friends). No matter how small, silly or hard, tiny, dramatic or forgotten... All leaps are important because little by little, we live through change, we figure out how to cope, we move forward, we learn who we are, and we build our confidence for the bigger leaps, the ones we seek for ourselves.