How often do you draft a blog post, website copy, or even an email and you start out writing what you mean and then you edit, edit, edit because you’re afraid of how it might sound or how it will be received?  We edit ourselves out all the time in what we say, what we write, and what we do.  Even in what we wear!

So this week I’ve been writing it, saying it, and doing it before thinking myself out of it and this morning at the coffee shop I saw this beautifully quirky young girl with a crazy wig on.  As soon as I saw her I wanted to take her picture and blog about her.  I paused for a moment and realized that I had a choice to make:

I could follow my quirky self and go ask
a complete stranger for a photo

or

I could listen to the voice of fear that said,
“Don’t do that.  That’s stupid.  You can’t talk
to a perfect stranger.”

Obviously I followed my quirky self and it felt so good!  Luna was happy to have her photo taken and I found out that she made the wig herself for Crazy Hair Day at school.  How fun is that?!

I know in my heart that my success is in my quirkiness.  Now it’s just a matter of allowing my quirky self more room to play, to laugh, to imagine, to express, and to be quirky.  Wahoo!

{Random story about me: one of the very first things that attracted me to my husband is that when we first met he told me I was quirky.  I loved that he could see it in me, that he was bold enough to tell me, and it was obvious he liked me for it and not in spite of it.  Aw…quirky can be romantic too :~}

Everyone benefits when you share:
What do you need to give yourself permission to be in order to receive the success you desire?

»Today is Simply Fearless Friday!  Publish your Simply Fearless story on your blog, leave a direct link in a comment below, and I’ll pop on over and leave you some comment love.  Let’s face our fears and grow our courage together!«

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