What are the bravest things you have done? Celebrate your courage!

TheMerryFairy · 02-28-2013, 10:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Girl_On_Fire

Moving out on my own at 17 even though I'd never been parented.
Moving to North Carolina on a whim.
Leaving the abusive relationship in North Carolina and coming back to my home state where I am now, at the age of 33, finally being parented.
Starting my own business.
Writing this list.

It seems, we have a lot in common. I moved out after highschool when it became apparent that my family wasn't supporting my choices in career or lifestyle. I spent a lot of time backpacking on my own and even though sometimes I didn't always have what I needed, they were some of the most liberating experiences of my life.

Good luck starting/continuing your business! I am hoping that this traveling barber promotion project will lead to me one day having my own shop.

I think it is certainly brave of you to share your thoughts with us so thank you!

Dance-with-me · 02-28-2013, 11:20 PM

Moving to where I live now when I had no friends/support system and no job here, just a strong sense that this is where I was meant to be. The jobs appeared, the support system is still light but solid.

Leaving an abusive relationship, even when it meant losing the grandchildren I'd raised.

Making the firm decision to let happiness and joy in my life and letting go of enabling.

Agreeing to meet the butch who is now, I am certain, the love of my life.

Riding on the luggage rack of a fast-moving Turkish dolmuş (a minibus that runs like a cross between taxi and a bus) on a winding mountain road. Oh, wait, that wasn't brave, that was just being a damn fool teenager.

always2late · 03-01-2013, 12:34 AM

Leaving my son's father with my year old son, no money, and no idea what was going to happen to us....just knowing I had to go.

Going back to school in my forties so that I can start over...again.

Miss Scarlett · 03-01-2013, 09:29 AM

Standing up to the abusive husband of the attorney I was working for at the time when he came to the office (with two of his teammates, also NFL players) looking for her the morning after severely beating her...

Leaving my own abusive relationships...

Losing weight, keeping off what I've lost so far and continuing on the path to a healthier me...

Going into counseling to "fix" me...

Being myself...

02-28-2013, 11:20 PM	#2
Dance-with-me Member How Do You Identify?: Femme Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: earth Posts: 419 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 264 Thanked 1,926 Times in 378 Posts Rep Power: 21474849	Moving to where I live now when I had no friends/support system and no job here, just a strong sense that this is where I was meant to be. The jobs appeared, the support system is still light but solid. Leaving an abusive relationship, even when it meant losing the grandchildren I'd raised. Making the firm decision to let happiness and joy in my life and letting go of enabling. Agreeing to meet the butch who is now, I am certain, the love of my life. Riding on the luggage rack of a fast-moving Turkish dolmuş (a minibus that runs like a cross between taxi and a bus) on a winding mountain road. Oh, wait, that wasn't brave, that was just being a damn fool teenager. __________________ Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever. ~Mahatma Gandhi

03-01-2013, 12:34 AM	#3
always2late Senior Member How Do You Identify?: Femme Preferred Pronoun?: m'lady Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: NJ Posts: 2,000 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 1,834 Thanked 6,231 Times in 1,462 Posts Rep Power: 21474854	Leaving my son's father with my year old son, no money, and no idea what was going to happen to us....just knowing I had to go. Going back to school in my forties so that I can start over...again. __________________ Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing there is a field. I'll meet you there ~ Rumi

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