The Art of Being Bold
bold (adj): fearless and daring. requiring or exhibiting courage and bravery. intrepid–a fearless, daring spirit.
My oldest friend suggested a few weeks ago, rather offhandedly, that perhaps this should be our year of being bold. He doesn’t recall saying it, but I do. It resonated with me and I have been repeating it like a mantra. I’ve mentioned it to a few people and their reaction has uniformly been one of surprise with a touch of alarm. They think, “How could JoAnn be any more bold than she already is?”
While I’m tickled that people think of me as bold, I feel anything but! I have done very little that smacks of daring and fearlessness…for me. For me, it takes courage to get my book(s) to a publisher; to pitch an article to Saveur (or Texas Monthly or National Geographic or any of a thousand quality magazines); to overcome any one or all of my self-sabotaging, destructive behaviours; to actually move out of my very cozy comfort zone into territories unknown.
Wouldn’t it be awfully clever of me if I could do all that with great economy, efficiency, and panache?
It’s time for me to grow, folks. Better duck–I’m about to stretch my wings!