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The Golden
Gate Bridge spans the one-mile-wide strait connecting San Francisco Bay and The Pacific Ocean. If you have never been there, it's an amazing trip and a
beautiful site across the 1.7 miles including an average height of 220 feet
above the water! For anyone afraid of heights it can be scary looking down.
Yet, it is not the longest bridge. In Louisiana, you would travel 23.83 miles
across the Lake Pontchartrain Causeway and feel a bit dizzy! It must seem like
a never-ending trip.
Just like crossing on one of these bridges, your new journey
as a single-again woman may seem endless and a bit scary to say the least.
Every new experience--moving to a different house or city, learning how to use
a monthly budget to pay the bills when in the past he did all that, preparing a
resume maybe for the first time, and sleeping alone in the middle of the
bed--is intimidating and daunting.
Experience Adventure
All these frightening experiences may appear to be a test of
your will and determination; your adventurous spirit. You
don't have any, you say? Probably not true since you have already gone
through knee-deep "mud" in your life to get to this point right here.
That stands for "Congratulations!"
Doing things alone for the first time has certainly been
a struggle no doubt about it. The fact is, it hasn't been easy and most likely
will continue to try your patience. But listen with each new successful step
you take, your determination will automatically kick-in. Nothing can keep you
down now!
Starting Point
You know now that you can make it if you
want. Of course, no one can force you if you choose not to try. But then, where
do you go from there? So, assuming you believe in yourself, your question now
may be, How?
It might help to have a few real and concrete
examples of women who took a chance, used their determination, and jumped
into a new life even though everything tried to push them down.
Viola Davis -
"Davis’s childhood explains a lot about her work ethic today.
Growing up in poverty, she often faced hunger—even resorting to digging through
dumpsters to find food. But she didn’t let this crush her. In fact, it fueled
her and pushed her to do better for herself. “I tell my daughter every morning,
‘Now, what are the two most important parts of you?’ and she says, ‘My head and
my heart.’ Because that’s what I’ve learned in the foxhole. What gets you
through life is strength of character and strength of spirit and love.”
Connie Britton - "Before she was cast as Tami
Taylor on Friday
Night Lights at age 39, Britton experienced her fair share of
“heartbreak” from roles that got away—including missing out on the female lead
in Jerry
Maguire to Renée Zellweger. She never let that stop her
though. With a positive “everything happens for a reason” attitude, Britton
accepted the role as the football coach’s wife on the hit network series."
[Note: she also starred later in the series, Nashville].
[And
three from Good
Housekeeping]:
Mia Hamm, Soccer Champion - "She has scored more international
goals than any other soccer player, and led a generation of adolescent girls to
become passionate about sports."
Wendy Kopp, Founder, Teach for America - "It was her senior
thesis at Princeton — a plan to create a corps of desperately needed teachers
for schools in low-income neighborhoods. Twenty years later, Teach for America
has trained more than 24,000 teachers and reached three million
students."
Sally Ride, Astronaut, and Astrophysicist - "The first
American woman — finally — in space, 1983. Overall, Ride was the third woman in
space after USSR. At the age of 32, she remains the youngest American astronaut
to have traveled to space."
The Point
Yes, they are all famous. No, none of them
started out that way. They had to fight for everything they received and came
from backgrounds just like many of you. Think about it. Click on the links
provided and read their whole stories. Then start believing in yourself. What
are you dreaming of doing with your life?
The Main Author and Defender
You are precious in the eyes of your
Creator, as we all are. He waits for you to come and talk to Him about all the
garbage in your life. God has solutions that you need. He is the Author of your
story and the best Defender you will ever need or want. He truly cares about
you and your life; always has, always will. Therefore, He gave you a Spirit
that craves adventure. Are you ready to begin?
"The Lord himself will fight for you.
Just stay calm" (Exodus 14:14 NLT).
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