I’m going to take a big risk this fall, and change my career from performing to teaching. I might do this for three months, and I might keep doing it longer, depending on how it works out. I’m going to teach classes and coach students in my field, acting. I hope it will be deeply [...]
Risking Accepting Her Gift
There I was . . . smack-dab in the middle of my pity-party, when she gave me her gift. It was truly grace. Un-asked for. Un-deserved. Pure gift. There it was on the kitchen counter. “Take yourself and a friend to the movie,” our pet sitter said, “Buy yourselves some popcorn.” $40.00 My family had [...]
Risk, continued
This month I am taking the risk I’ve written about several times: I’m singing a recital in just a few short days. I’ve done so much to prepare for this that it feels like less of a risk than it did. But it’s still challenging, and I’m still nervous. I think I will be jubilant [...]
Clearing the Clutter
Not long ago my husband and I moved to a new town. Well, not “new” really. We had lived there when we were in high school and college, met each other there and married there. So, in a sense we were moving back home. Still, it was a big change because we had lived in [...]
Risk Your Muse
Has anybody ever said to you, “You know, you really ought to be a “brain surgeon” or “ballerina” or “actor“ or “writer”? The possibilities are endless, it seems for things that others can suggest for us. And it just seems so…I don’t know…risky. I was asked to write a prayer for a specific group and I was [...]
Living Into New Skin
Well, I did it. I actually submitted an article for publication. I’ve thought about doing this, talked about doing this, imagined myself doing this for years and suddenly one day last October, I did it. I’m not sure what made the difference. I had just given a presentation telling about my experience of grief over [...]
The Risk of Relaxing
I’ve taken two tremendous risks in my life: starting a small business, and choosing to homeschool my daughter. In both cases, I’m doing something that plenty of other people have done successfully. I have mentors to guide me, friends to support me, and a belief that the rewards will far outweigh the risks. But I [...]
