On silence, voice, & privilege
Even in the roar of criticism, I am called to make magic, to keep peace, to raise my voice into the shouting sky.
Even in the roar of criticism, I am called to make magic, to keep peace, to raise my voice into the shouting sky.
What does it take to be yourself in this world? What is your courageous act? What does it mean for you to be you? On this day, my courageous act is to sit and write in the midst of an active yoga class.
Welcome to the wrap up of the On the Same Page book club discussion of "Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead." Before you tell yourself, “This is a waste of time, because I haven’t even read this book,” STOP! Pause. RETHINK! There are lots of juicy nuggets here and who says you can’t start reading the book (and our previous posts) today or next week?
Great things come in small packages and big concepts are the gift of this week's short chapter of Brené Brown's "Daring Greatly." “The space between our practiced values (what we’re actually doing, thinking, and feeling) and our aspirational values (what we want to do, think, and feel) is the value gap, or what I call ‘the disengagement divide.’” Brené Brown
One of the things I love most about living and working with others is having the opportunity to watch (& experience) daily steps toward wholehearted living. It's a constant reminder that we all need to practice practice practice getting where we want to go.