The Daily Disturbance

Take C.O.U.R.A.G.E.! 7 ways to build your confidence and courage in taking another chance, in whatever area of life.

“Cowards die many times before their deaths; the valiant never taste of death but once.” – William Shakespeare

Beyond the feeling, it’s discerning. At times, it’s even simple computing (cost-benefit analysis)! Here are 7 signs it’s time to go for a second chance. The more going for you, the more sense it makes to go for it!

The sun rose this morning didn't it?

You open your eyes or at least your ears, haven't you?

God's mercies are new every morning aren't they?

Of course you have a second, third, even fourth chance. And by listening, you took it!

Keep going, have a great day!

Of course they go together, again and again.

The key is to see both, and not to be overwhelmed or too consumed by either.

Ernie Harwell: “It’s time to say goodbye, but I think goodbyes are sad and I’d much rather say hello. Hello to a new adventure.”

What are the goodbyes, and the hellos that need be said – and followed through - by you today?

I feel you.

Been there, done that.

And there is no guarantee there will be no more of it.

In fact, the older you get, the more you realize that saying goodbye will intensify as project dwindle, institutions fail, communities age, people “move on.”

Can you see the blessing behind the burden?

Let’s help each manage the pain, as we embrace the reality of living a life full of goodbyes.

With Why and When settled, let’s go straight to How. Here are 5 ways to say Goodbye. Equip yourself and apply it to a person, a situation, or an attitude within whose time is up.

Shel Silverstein reminds us: “It will end, and sadly. Just give me a happy middle and a very happy start.”

Doing it the right way will ease the burden and lessen the pain, so let’s get on with it!

Timing is everything.

Here are 8 things to consider as to when to say goodbye after you have decided to go for it.

Take note though: the pain and or the fear of hurting self or someone else by saying goodbye won’t just go away. As Charlie Brown admits: “Goodbye always makes my throat hurt.”

Not really.

But it would really be the courteous thing to do.

And even if there may be cases where saying goodbye may not be necessary, over-all, saying goodbye has benefits that outweigh the consequences of just keeping one’s mouth (and heart) shut.

“Sometimes, you have to find the good in goodbye.”

“Maybe it was obsession, but it was also happiness; an escape from the suckiness of everyday life. And when you find something that makes you happy and giddy and excited every day, us fangirls know a truth that everyone else seems to have forgotten: you hold on to that joy tenaciously, for as long as you can.” – Goldy Moldavsky

But what kind of fanboying or fangirling should I look up to, and tenaciously at that?

Five “How Tos,” based on research and experience, for your own good!