This blog is being started as a part of a seven day challenge by the Live Your Legend Team. Does this sound interesting to you? Here is the link to their site: http://liveyourlegend.net/ . Their premise is that you can change the world by doing what you love. I think there is truth in that, but how do you find out what you are most passionate about when you love to explore many different things and you are raising a family? One of the answers they give is to start a blog and see where it takes you. I’ve written in journals my entire life. My friends and co-workers would call me outspoken and strong willed. This display of personal depth and open communication however; is terrifying to me. The writing prompt for today is: what makes you angry? I think as an American in today’s world I could come up with a significant list. I know I’m not alone in this because sometimes it feels like everyone is angry.
Since I’ve started this journey of public expression I’m going to express both fear and anger that come from an exercise like this one. I’m angry that I feel afraid of writing this and sharing it with others. I’m angry that there will be people out there who are just waiting to mock me and tear me down. I’m angry that in sharing my stories of raising my family and the struggles we face that my employers, both past, present and future may look at this and judge my ability to work for them negatively. I’m angry that we’ve become a society that is so torn apart and fragmented that we’ve come to behave this way because it is so easy to be anonymous. I’m angry at myself for being afraid to respond to comments or speak publicly against actions and behavior I do not believe in or condone.
Today, with this new adventure comes a chance to increase my authenticity with the knowledge that my beliefs and values do not have to be minimized because they are different from yours. I will speak life into the things that I value and care about in hopes that it sparks a light for others to do the same. I will write with the hopes of building myself and others up, even when I’m feeling torn down. I will seek and explore my passions and begin the journey of living my legend.
