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| Artwork from Stories of Migration exhibit Textile Museum, Washington, DC |
“Life shrinks or
expands in proportion to one’s courage.” -
Anais Nin
Charise’s Turn:
Sometimes a dream needs a nudge. It needs to take a walk out
of our thinking. I recently gave such a nudge to my daughter, who works at a
resale designer boutique and takes classes at our local college. She has
talked about her passion for fashion as a career, and how the best education
would be at FIT (Fashion Institute of Technology in NYC). “Let’s go check it out – they have an
open house in October,” I offered enthusiastically. So we went, to explore
making her dream a reality. And now she is serious about applying.
I’ve had to give myself similar nudges. James O. Prochaska,
PhD, would refer to this as moving from one stage of change to another. According to
his book, Changing for Good,
Contemplation is a stage of change, as well as Preparation, and Action. So if
you are thinking about a possibility you want to try, you are already in a
stage of change. Keep going; as Will Rogers says, ”Even if you’re on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit
there.”
Get Fired Up:
What is the one thing you can do now to see your
dream/hopes/vision take shape?
Nudge, nudge.
“A dream is
unrehearsed” -
Yehudi Menuhin
