Finding the Courage to Share

Courage is not an easy thing to find.

My moments of courage often come from sitting behind this computer screen, taking a deep breath, and then pushing the post or share button.

Fear and self doubt; intangible concepts that forever prove to be mountains I must climb. Battles I must win. Obstacles I must surmount.

Fear. That's what it comes down to... fear of judgement. Fear of judgement by people that don't really know me.. who certainly aren't going to contribute to my family's future.

Fear. Fear of failure. Can I really do this? Do I really have what it takes?

Learning how to follow AdvoCare's success system is easy. Finding the courage to SHARE AdvoCare the way it's meant to be shared... that's the hard part. That part requires courage. It requires 30 seconds of BOLD. Like my leaders in AdvoCare have taught me, "30 seconds of BOLD may change someone's life."

As I write this I don't even know if I will have the courage to share this post...

As a mother, as a wife, I have so many hopes and dreams for my family. My dream is to be home with my children... to say goodbye to my J-O-B and be free to live life on my terms... and to answer the calling I feel in my heart to provide hope and inspiration to others.

Although I feel a calling to provide hope an inspiration to others, I often find myself asking, how can I provide hope and inspiration to others during the times when I feel so lost myself?

First I must overcome. Then, I can share. First, I must take the journey, climb the mountain, run the marathon... then, and only then, can I provide hope and inspiration for others to do the same.

At least that is the way it worked with my weight loss journey.

When I turned 30 years old, I made the decision that I was not going to spend my 30's (and 40's and 50's for that matter) being overweight, unhealthy, and exhausted. I knew things had to change and I made the decision to change them. I was not sure how (or if) I would complete the journey, but I knew for things to change, I had to change.

Slowly, I started to change, I worked on me. I didn't have to share that with anyone else... if I failed, no one would be the wiser. Many people set out on the journey to lose weight every day. Some succeed. Many fail. Which would happen to me?

All I knew was that I could take the first step. Then another. And if I continued to put one foot in front of the other that I would eventually reach my destination. I was not prepared for the obstacles and twists and turns and BLESSINGS I would find along the path. But I faced the obstacles, embraced the blessings and kept moving in my journey.

Eventually, I reached my goal. And at that point, I had the courage to provide hope and inspiration for others who were setting out on a similar journey.

Hmmm... so work on me, focus on what I can control, don't put myself "out there" for possible criticism or condemnation from others, and wait until success is mine before sharing the hope and inspiration I've found.

That may work with weight loss, but that's not going to work with AdvoCare.

AdvoCare is a team sport. You can't be successful unless your team is successful. You can't reach your goal unless you help your team reach their goals. And, in order to build a team ...

You must TALK TO PEOPLE.
About AdvoCare.

This is where the courage comes in...

The message of AdvoCare is hope but faith also plays a huge part.

You must have the COURAGE to share the message of HOPE and the FAITH that you can be the leader your team needs to see them through to the end of the marvelous journey.

The end of the journey. THAT, I can picture. I dream big and I can see the destination very clearly. (So clearly, in fact, that I will leave that vision for another blog post.)

What I cannot see, however, is how the journey is going to unfold...

But I do know, that for things to change, I must change.

First I must overcome my fears and find my courage.

30 seconds of BOLD is all it takes to change someone's life...

Just. Click. Share.