Let's begin with having guts, or being gutsy. Think about the importance of peoples' courage, their boldness, nerve. The willingness to try new things and take risks has to be integral to our beings; it determined survival and thriving from the earliest days of man.
If you Pick One Thing in this category, you will be honoring a characteristic which brings action to your ideas and will literally be an instrument of change in your own life. As most of us know, change is often beset with difficulty. Change is not easy, and so change is easy to fear.
Which isn't all bad, either. The fact is, some risks should not be taken, and not all acts of daring turn out for the best. That's why we really do need the other aspect of our non-physical guts. We need to listen to our gut and pay attention to our gut feelings.
Intuition can help us make safer choices when we're supposed to, and offers us self-protection from our courage when it becomes mere bravado. There is a great deal to be said for showing up for tough tasks and big opportunities, but there's no need to show off.
In picking One Thing this week, I started by taking a look at what others have said on this subject. I collect quotes, and boy, I sure have a lot of them related to having guts and gut feelings! Makes sense, though--I've sought inspiration on moving forward, improving my self through personal change, and following my own intuitive path, numerous times in my life.
So, since I've saved hundreds of words of wisdom on how glorify my guts, I feel it's exactly the right time to share some with others. In doing so, I'm wishing you the perfect balance offered by a touch of courage, a risk rewarded, a inner voice heeded, and the peace of mind that comes when you are confident in being true to yourself and becoming all you desire to be. As someone once said, "To change is difficult. Not to change is fatal."
Pick One Thing: Having Guts
"First you have to figure out what you want. Second, you have to decide that you deserve it. Third, you have to believe you can get it. And fourth, you have to have the guts to ask for it."
--Barbara de Angelis
"Not everything that is faced can be changed. But nothing can be changed until it is faced."
--James Arthur Baldwin
"No one saves us but ourselves. No one can and no one may. We ourselves must walk the path."
--Buddha
"Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage. If you want to conquer fear, do not sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy."
--Dale Carnegie
"We could never learn to be brave and patient, if there were only joy in the world."
Helen Keller
"And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom."
--Anais Nin
...and one by possibly the exact opposite of Anais Nin *wink*, a quote from Robert Schuller:
"It takes guts to get out of the ruts."
Pick One Thing: Trust Your Gut
"Intuition becomes increasingly valuable in the new information society precisely because there is so much data."
--John Naisbitt
"The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a faithful servant. We have created a society that honors the servant and has forgotten the gift."
--Albert Einstein
"...the mind works in possibilities, the intuitions work in actualities, and what you intuitively desire, that is possible to you. ...hitch your wagon to a star or you will just stay where you are."
--D.H. Lawrence
"I may have been lucky with some sort of intuition, but I believe in training a great deal."
--David Selby
We dance round in a ring and suppose,
But the secret sits in the middle and knows.
--Robert Frost
And speaking of secrets, I stumbled on this one in the 3rd grade, and it still holds honey:
"Promise me you'll always remember: You're braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think."
--Christopher Robin to Pooh
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