Is it really a sign or just a coincidence? 😅
Have you ever come across a word, or maybe a phrase, or a number so often you start to think, “Is this some kind of sign?” 👀
For example, my boyfriend always sees the time 9:11. Twice a day, sometimes for days in a row. It's so strange. (Wild enough, his mom had a meeting in NYC the exact day the towers went down… weird connection, right?)
Or you know, the people who see consecutive numbers in a row like 333 or 111. I think they call them magic numbers? ✨ (All the manifestation coaches just got excited hehe)
You get what I'm referring to!!
Well lately, I keep seeing/hearing this one specific word. It's come up in conversations multiple times, I keep seeing it in books, and most importantly, it's been a word others have been using to describe me and my brand over the past few months.
It's a word I don't use often, and TBH can't recall people using in reference to my own brand before.
The word? ➡️ Brave
Ooof. I like how it sounds. The word itself feels bold. Have you ever been called brave? The word just feels good.
But I have to admit, I'm a little “woo-woo,” but I'm not “woo-woo" enough to see repeating words and numbers as signs… that is until now 😅
Something about the word brave has been resonating with me on a level I can't quite put into words.
And what's funny to me is I tried to “brainstorm” a word for 2023 (I've never picked out a word because a word never actually felt meaningful enough). But here we are, 81 days into 2023, and I can't stop rolling the word BRAVE around my brain.
brave/brāv/
endure or face (unpleasant conditions or behavior) without showing fear; showing courage.
So what? What is it about the word that has me feeling electricity when I think about my work, and my business, and my podcast, and my impact?
For one, it reminds me of a few (scary) moments in my life when bravery was my anchor…
when I lost my brother at 8 and was the brave daughter who learned to hold her head high.
when I was brave enough to leave my church community at age 21 during a messy divorce.
when I left my job to start my virtual assistance business and was hanging on by threads (those threads being bravery).
through every dark and wild season of life and mental health, bravery allowed me to live and tell my messy story (and still does).
But for two, it reminds me that bravery isn't something you're born with, or something you're given, or even something you subconsciously create.
Bravery is a choice. A choice we all have available to us.
The choice to show up brave in our families and in our immediate communities, to stand up for what we believe and what impact we want to create.
The choice to be brave & bold in your endeavors, business or professional career. Take those risks, do the scary thing, live in messy action.
The choice to be brave in your personal development; choosing to push yourself mentally and physically to expand and refine your character.
The choice to stand up for yourself in bravery when you need support or help.
The choice to live your life so unapologetic there is no other word to call it than BRAVE.
Courage. Badassery. Bravery.
Call it what you want, but just know it's all in you. Right now. Waiting to be tapped into. You just have to choose it.
Cheering you on in all your bravery.
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YOU'VE EARNED IT.
As always,
Taylor