I loved reading Kelsey’s recent post at Rising*Shining (Kelsey, let’s please plan another visit when you are in Austin!). She and Chris have decided to save like crazy for five years in order to pay off their mortgage. Once their mortgage is paid off, Chris will continue working his job, but Kelsey will be freed up to work for herself. 

I love examples of people deciding what kind of life they want to create for themselves and then building a plan to make it happen. [As a side note, our world is set up in very unfair ways that advantage certain people to be able to live this way (based

We watched a great documentary about a 14 year-old who sailed around the world by herself. It was a powerful reminder of what we’re capable of as humans. We can identify our authentic path and pursue it with passion. 

It takes a lot of courage. And courage is something we have to build over time. It’s a muscle that needs to be exercised to get stronger and stronger. 

I recently read an interesting metaphor about courage in a magazine (I was waiting for Henry to get his haircut, so I don’t even remember which one it was!). A little girl had mustered the courage to be part of a performance.