Around Year 2015 ending of 2014, I took my first big leap of faith and grabbed spiritual and emotional courage by the hand real tight!

Let me begin: I started working on my bachelor’s in 2011 and set school out after one semester in or around 2011/2012. After some years had passed, I prayed about returning to school to finish my degree. I received confirmation from God around 2014 and took a leap of faith in 2015. Let me share how: I relocated from my familiarity, support group, a job to a new location about 2.5 hours away without traffic where I was jobless for about two full months(but seeking for a job), new rent, bills, and minimum savings. I had all kinds of fear set before me, laughter from others, and all kinds of what ifs yet I grabbed for spiritual and emotional courage to push me beyond all of that to go where I knew God led me. Note there is more to the story but this is the short version. Spiritual courage said you believe, you can face doubt that comes, you can make it beyond the odds. Emotional courage said you can trust again, open up, embrace the emotions of starting over alone, and can overcome the anxiety and fear. My intellectual courage kicked me to face and overcome the thoughts 💭 and what if’s. How does this end, if I would have not kept the faith and grabbed hold to courage, I wouldn’t be able to say I received my degree at the age 26. I wouldn’t have grown in areas of my life I needed to. I wouldn’t have experienced my faith increase, prosper through my growing pains, and now know I can face more challenges than I once have. Now I can face obstacles with the mindset things will work out.

Though much can be scary in life, courage reassures you that you can live to your fullest. Though circumstances present limitations, courage pushes you beyond the limits and wisdom provide strategies to overcome. So dig deep to find courage to live out your story and share it for someone’s encouragement or survival tool. Now click to hear 👂🏽 it on podcast.

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