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My leap is to trust myself to let go of the past. I make this leap every day in different ways, but I often find myself thinking back..."if I had chosen that instead of this" or "I remember when I did that" or "if only that had happened instead of this." I have to find the courage to be content and continue leaping!

my recent leap of courage is trying to figure out digital scrapbooking with photoshop elements, have no idea what I am doing, but trying to figure it out.
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Have I leaped...yeah I have leaped....I recently took steps to mend a year long conflict with a friend of 24 years...so far it is going well....different but well..I am optomistic!

Ah! Wonderful challenge, Ali! Not to mention some cool giveaways!
My most recent act of courage was a big leap and that has been to help my son through a drug treatment program. Standing behind him was the easy part for a parent. Dealing with everything that goes with that is the hard part - coming "clean" with family, running interference for him with old friends he is breaking contact with, the level of financial and time commitment it takes, and just watching his pain. Huge leaps.

My leap of faith this year is to actively seeking a publisher for a book I want to compile of lessons I taught to my Special Ed kids on how to survive in the real world. They are lessons I feel a lot of kids today need, not just Special Ed kids...like balancing checkbooks, budgeting, filling out applications, etc.

my recent leap is turning 6 months old today. After a very complicated second pregnancy, my husband and I decided to give up our dream of having 3 kids but I got pregnant again when my son was 10 months old. My doctor said I should not have this baby, it would be difficult again for sure. It was not easy, but we are both here and health and my little baby girl "A" :) is turning 6 months old today. My heart is singing :)

My biggest leap was last June. I turned 60 and, determined not to let technology get away from me, set up my first blog. I am so glad that I did because I have made new friends and visited so many inspirational sites.

for me, it would be getting up the courage to sit down with my boss and share some not-so-great things that have been going on in our store. frustrations that fellow employees and i have shared for quite a while, but nobody has been willing to bring it to upper-management's attention. i was nervous, shaky and rambled a bit, but i did it and was thanked at the end of it all. and i felt great when i walked out of the office!

My leap of faith was to finish my degree in graphic design at the age of almost 50! Its something I've always wanted to do but back in the day, art was viewed as frivolous learning, a hobby, not a career. So after wishing out loud enough times, my own mother told me to just go do it. So i did. I graduate this month and feel satisfied with the accomplishment. I may even have a new career point fastly approaching!
so hence, I greatly enjoy reading your site and books because of your design influence.
Thanks!

My latest leap - over the weekend, I invited casual friends over for dinner, in hopes of getting to know them better. And it worked - we had a great time!

Hmmm, biggest leap? Not really a huge one, but I finally dove into knitting. I've really wanted to knit slippers, scarves and mittens for my kids and I finally was determined enough to learn.

great post, my act of courage is letting my youngest go to school for the first time, it may not be big but it broke my heart to send him off but I know that he and I will be okay :)
deb

Even though I can't afford to go to Italy, I have to respond.
Tomorrow I am heading to the local middle school to try to teach some 8th graders how to do a little digi. I consider myself to be a horrible teacher, and am cowering at the thought of facing even a small group of 13-year-olds. But I'm going to give it a try. Who knows, maybe they won't bite?!!!

This is a great giveaway, Ali. :)
My most recent act of courage was to go to my ob/gyn because I'm pretty sure my endometriosis is back. Nothing's been confirmed, but I've been in denial about it for about a month and it was time to do something while I still had some control over the end result. :)

Wow, that was a really great post by Alex. I love when she says that all leaps are important, that's very validating and very true.
My most recent leap is submitting my work for publications. It really stinks when you don't get picked up, but that is the way it goes. I don't know if or when I will get published, but I do know that I won't ever be published if I don't submit!

Last summer I lept back into running, which was scary because I'm injury prone and I really worry about chronic injury, but I was successful! Then winter came, and I had to stop (I'm just not down with sub-zero temps)...and I'm angry with myself that I didn't take the leap to the gym. I didn't PUSH myself (that's my word for this year!) hard enough.

That's a great quote - I'll definitely be filing it away.
A recent leap - moving to a small town, and doing a tap dance (in public no less!) with a bunch of other 30-year-old friends. I'm *trying* to make various leaps that are probably small but seem enormous to me - like improving my daily routine to be more productive, or (LOL) spending less time online. Sometimes it's more like staggering than leaping, but I guess just making the effort (and continuing to make the effort!) is the point.
Oh how I would love to have no excuse not to take the leap of LOM!

Yes, I needed to hear that today! Thank you, thank you, thank you for sharing the quotation.
My husband and I were blessed to be able to adopt our son 2.5 years ago after 5 LONG years of waiting. We began the adoption process again when he was 1, and have now been looking to "find" baby #2 for about 17 months. We were chosen in December by a sweet young woman and we were overjoyed to be able to prepare for another child due in April. However, we just found out she has decided to parent instead of placing her child in our family. My leap right now is to continue to have faith and to trust that we will find our baby when the time is right. My leap is putting myself back out there again. Today I had a doctor's appointment and took our pass-along cards to the office for them to hand out to anyone considering adoption. Another leap: asking you to please follow the link to check out our site and to pass it along to anyone you know who might be considering adoption:
www.meganandshane.com
Blessings,
Megan

Great post!
I have two leaps:
1)Working out every single day this week - trying to lose the baby gut.
2)Joined a Bible Study with a friend.
I just recently purchased Stacy's Photo Freedom book and would love to get more in depth training on how her system works. I love the book and am very inspired.

Wow, look at all these comments! Ali, my latest biggest leap is getting pregnant! This came about a year earlier than planned, but it's coming, whether planned or not!