i'm writing this now, because i know i won't have time later today. the Omaha Witch Walk is at 7 (meeting at 6:30) and pretty much from a 1/2 hour from now on, i'm going to be like a chicken with it's head cut off. no matter what happens today at the walk, i'm considering it a win. on the website alone we raised over $400, and that's not counting the raffle tickets that we sold in person. that is amazing to me. which is where today's noble virtue comes in. courage.
this is scary. to spearhead this walk, to start this non-profit.... i'm shaking in my pointy shoes. not because of the 'mission' of the non-profit, but because no matter how 'out of the broom closet' i am, this puts me out there on a whole new level. this isn't anymore 'hay heather, you know her'. it's now 'who is this witch, and why does she want my money?'
but it's something i have to do.
there's no rhyme or reason to it, other than i want to help people. that's why i got started in my job. but honestly, i don't really help people there. oh, i get them the help they need. but it's not me helping them. (and to be perfectly honest, the help they need usually isn't the help they want, that's the sad sad reality of 911) so this is a way that i can really help people that really need it.
so no matter how much i am afraid. no matter how much i obsess about what will happen when i fail (not if, when. my brain works that way.). no matter how much scarier the prospect of succeeding is.... i'm doing this.
and that is courage.
this is scary. to spearhead this walk, to start this non-profit.... i'm shaking in my pointy shoes. not because of the 'mission' of the non-profit, but because no matter how 'out of the broom closet' i am, this puts me out there on a whole new level. this isn't anymore 'hay heather, you know her'. it's now 'who is this witch, and why does she want my money?'
but it's something i have to do.
there's no rhyme or reason to it, other than i want to help people. that's why i got started in my job. but honestly, i don't really help people there. oh, i get them the help they need. but it's not me helping them. (and to be perfectly honest, the help they need usually isn't the help they want, that's the sad sad reality of 911) so this is a way that i can really help people that really need it.
so no matter how much i am afraid. no matter how much i obsess about what will happen when i fail (not if, when. my brain works that way.). no matter how much scarier the prospect of succeeding is.... i'm doing this.
and that is courage.
That is courage! Way to go and Congratulations for taking this leap! I can't wait to read about your experiences.
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