CANDID CONVERSATIONS

By Candice Smiley

Candid Conversations with Candice

By Candice Smiley

Life Takes Some Serious Courage Doesn’t It?

Vocabulary.com defines “bravery” as the admirable quality of being able to confront frightening things… Firefighters are often acknowledged for their bravery, but everyday people also act with bravery if they confront their fears.” Courage is defined as the ability to do something that frightens one.

I’ve been thinking a lot about courage lately. 2020 has given me plenty of opportunities to act bravely or have courage. What about you? Take a quick scroll through your social media feed or *heaven forbid* turn on your T.V. and it becomes very easy to find something to fear a bit of fear about.

Fear usually leads me to think about heros… super heroes too - maybe a little WonderWoman! What ho!

Lately tho my thoughts are turning to the real heros… the ones who are stepping up and stepping out, going to rally’s, speaking against injustice or daring to have a different voice than that of mass media or social opinion. What a difference one life makes…

Did you know that we create our world with our word? Everything around us is made up of vibration, movement and motion. Even things that seem to be still.

Is it time to find the courage to have a conversation that

matters?

No, we still can’t go out for coffee; and true, Facebook can be a scary echo chamber… but maybe that's all the more reason for you to start the conversation. A conversation… a conversation that matters.

Maybe it's not about the current health crisis or wildfires or politics… that’s actually not what I am hinting at at all, but rather, what lights you up? What are you reading? What are you thinking? How has 2020 changed you? What changes demanded the best of you… and what showed you where you might still need to heal?

It's been my experience in the social media realm that the best received posts are never about a product or an offer or a sale… but rather the ones that are written from a place of authenticity, love or truth. The social media space seems to demand more of the rawness in communication than other spaces because we lack the abilty to “read” tone or body language, inflection or passion in the sounds and sights of you speaking - so we must discern it from your words.

So, if we create the world with our words, I think it begs the question… what world are we, are you? Am I? Looking to create? Here. Now.

What a difference one life makes… Let’s have a conversation that matters.

Side note ---

If you are feeling really brave? Check back to my last month’s article for great tips on HOW to set yourself up for a video chat to share your courageous conversations.

https://issuu.com/sharpwomen/docs/august_issue_v2/s/11034113

“You are more powerful than you know; you are beautiful just as you are.”

~ Melissa Etheridge