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What's in your life today that once seemed like an impossible goal or dream?
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Singing and playing guitar on stage. i am very introverted and have terrible anxiety. the first few experiences with public speaking/performance were very unfortunate. to be regularly performing now with anxiety is a dream come true.
Getting as far as I have in my education. I am a first generation student. I am the first person in my family to get a bachelors degree, and I am the first person in my family to finish graduate school.
getting a caregiving job at 16 when i have social anxiety! two years ago i couldn’t even order food by myself, but now i have a job and am advocating for people who may not be able to advocate for themselves!
Feeling like I can sing in front of a couple of people. I was terrified to audition for my OPUS and I did it and I did amazing I am so happy I did that. I'm not scared anymore because I know I will do amazing. (I haven't got my results back yet and I auditioned at the end of September 2024 hopefully I got in!) If not I now know a bunch more about music!
Sydney wrote: "Feeling like I can sing in front of a couple of people. I was terrified to audition for my OPUS and I did it and I did amazing I am so happy I did that. I'm not scared anymore because I know I will..."You are so amazing! i bet you did get in. i struggled with performing also. it is so liberating when you finally push past the initial fear.
socializing 🥹 I used to not be so great at putting myself out there, if my middle school or freshmen self saw me right now she would be so confused 😂
"What in your life today once seemed like a distant dream, nearly impossible to reach?"Finding inner peace was once that elusive dream, a quiet sanctuary hidden behind shadows of trauma and the relentless whispers of negative thoughts. It felt like standing before an ocean of storms, unsure if I could ever tame its waves. Then Mae, a friend who saw through the chaos, offered a truth wrapped in gentle words: "Even if you have to pretend, pretend she won't hurt you like those before her did." And with that, I realized, sometimes I still pretend not everyone is here to hurt me or out to get me.
"How did you make that happen? What was your first step?"
The journey began with a book, The Way of the Peaceful Warrior, a guide that soon became more than just words. I reread its teachings until my days became a moving meditation, each moment a step closer to inner calm. Slowly, I embraced that peace wasn’t a destination but a state of being, a quiet strength within.
"What serendipitous guidance or ‘coincidences’ guided you?"
I began noticing others on paths similar to mine, their struggles like mirrors reflecting the journey I had once taken. It was then I realized the human mind holds both the storms and the calm. Change the mind, and life shifts like dawn breaking over a dark horizon. I learned that by transforming the mind, I could reshape my world, exchanging shadows for light, and past pain for present peace.
The greatest change, it turns out, lay not in my circumstances, but in my perspective. A realization that with each step forward, life can be reimagined.
I'll start!
Follow up questions: How did you make that happen? What was your first step? What serendipitous guidance or "coincidences" helped you along the way?"
Living in South Lake Tahoe as an author with my husband, two boys, and Golden Retriever named Donut. This once all felt like an impossible dream that was so far off I didn’t know how it’d ever happen. Little by little I created little shifts in my life that went in that general direction. I let the dream consume my thoughts and focus and eventually, it all came together through small constant steps and big brave actions.