New Ways To Go

One way to discover your passion is to start living boldly.  When you think of being bold, do you think of daring actions and deeds performed by fictitious characters or true life models?  How do you live boldly?

In the past, living boldly may have been associated with the historical times in which one lived.  For example, one version (the Errol Flynn version) of the famed Robin Hood legend has it that during the reign of Richard I, an earl living in Sherwood Forest reinvented himself as an outlaw in order to rob the rich and give to the poor.  The Earl of Loxley (aka Robin Hood) was trying to raise money to pay for the King’s ransom.  Richard had been captured while away on the Third Crusade and was being ransomed by Duke Leopold of Austria. 

Robin was big on taking action and a great many risks.  He also was very brave.  Whether his talent for archery was his passion or not is impossible to say.  Most would like to believe that Robin enjoyed his ability and that it was not a skill developed solely for the purpose of survival.

During World War II, Miep Gies purchased what vegetables and meat she could to give to Anne Frank and her family.  She lived boldly making a difference in the lives of a family and did so by breaking rules.  It was against the law to aid Jews, but Miep took risks and exhibited much courage in her efforts.

Today, living boldy may still be the result of the historical times in which we live.  For Lisa Nooristani, CEO of Mutaharek Construction Company in Afghanistan, it can mean continuing to do business despite receiving a death threat from the Taliban and her effort to call attention to the plight of women in Nurestan (the location of her business). 

But living boldly is also associated with small, often mundane steps such as signing up of for a gym membership to lose weight or taking an art lesson.  Living boldly can mean starting your own business or traveling to a part of the world that you’ve never explored. 

In short, living boldly can be defined in many ways.  A good way to think about it is to consider the characteristics necessary for living a bold life.  The top ten in my opinion are to:

1. Develop Inner Strength:  Have the resolve and determination to do something and follow through.
2. Physical Strength:  Build stamina by paying attention to a healthy lifestyle and stretch your abilities, skills and talents.
3. Mental Strength:  keep your mind focused and free of clutter and head trash.
4. Step Outside Your Comfort Zone:  Be ready to leap into the unknown.
5. Take Risks:  Be ready to break some rules, if necessary.
6. Take Action:  Demonstrate courage, bravery and take the next forward step.
7. Think Big:  Expand your vision and possibilities to the fullest.
8. Be Fearless but not Foolish.
9. Think In and Outside the Box:  Sometimes finding a new way within the box is as bold as thinking outside the box.
10. Make a Change in your life or Reinvent yourself.

And one more would be to:

              Make a difference:  Use your personal power to make an impact     on the world.

You don’t need to use all eleven to live boldly.  But using any of them can help lead to finding or developing your passion.

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