Risk opens new doors... is a snippet from a longer poem, published a few years ago in an anthology of work written by seven women. This was my piece on the theme of risk.
Dare to Risk
Why have you chosen
a life that you say you hate?
You are chained by fear.
Risk opens new doors,
the guard at the prison gate
is really just you.
When your box gets small,
and you cannot breathe at all,
Alice says, “Stretch your mind”.
Click the Ruby Shoes!
You’ve always had the power
to claim your true Self.
Release from your past,
imagine a new future,
choose your happiness!
And an excerpt on risk from my ebook Becoming Bigger: In a world that wants to keep you small:
“We humans have a tendency to stay within our familiar routines and patterns. After all, that’s our safe zone, right? Change can be a very uncomfortable proposition, but the comfort zone inevitably becomes a boring prison. When we feel antsy and our hearts are screaming to break down the walls, this is a signal that it’s time for change. Our souls want to learn and grow. It’s a deep drive within each of us, but fear of change tends to hold us back. To become unstuck, we must have courage to let go of the old and try something new…“
Your beautiful soul was not meant to be caged. What risk will you take, what wall are you going to break down, what new door will you walk through today, to claim your happiness? Carpe diem.
Becoming Bigger: In a world that wants to keep you small is free for subscribers here. Wishing you a beautiful Sunday. 🙂
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