So, the word is out! I wrote a short ebook which I’ve already shared with my email letter subscribers. Today I want to make sure you have the opportunity to receive it for free in your inbox, and to tell you a bit more about it.
The book is titled 7 Days of Courage: Finding Brave In Your Everyday Life. It’s a workbook that reflects on seven aspects of practicing courage, with practical applications for each day of the week.
I hope that 7 Days of Courage will come in handy whenever we feel the need to work through some fear, or when we are about to face an important challenge. Courage will hopefully expand your definition of what it means to be brave, and show you little opportunities throughout your everyday life to choose courage.
Why Courage?
I believe that at every crossroads, we have a choice to make: the choice between comfort and courage. And while we would all like to think we would choose courage, I’m not so sure that I would always be able to. You see, courage is practiced, trained, cultivated, built– it’s not a force we can simply conjure up when necessary. If I want to be brave in those moments of intense pressure, I need to start being brave everyday.
I also believe that courage is what we need in order to change the world. I have been inspired and convicted lately to think about how we talk about change. Don’t so many of us recognize the world’s problems, but also fear the world’s problems? How can bring about real, personal transformation to our neighborhoods and communities, if we are afraid to reach out and touch those neighborhoods and communities? Certainly not by analyzing them and proposing programs alone– we’re going to have to enter in.
And entering in will take a whole lot of courage. We can talk about living intentionally, chasing our dreams, and changing the world all day long, but we will have to take the plunge eventually. And this doesn’t mean telling someone else to do it for us; we have to do our part and play our role in what we desire for the future. And courage can’t be borrowed.
The inspiration to be brave
I’ve met a lot of brave individuals and I appreciate their stories. Most recently, I’ve been inspired by people who live in intentional community.
These friends– whether in neighborhoods in the US or overseas– have chosen to live with and provide resources for under-resourced populations. They create access in those communities, and leverage their own resources for the benefit of those who have less.
They don’t just give money. They don’t just volunteer. They live out this courage everyday, year after year.
While not everyone has to live this way, I believe that we all need that type of radical, life-giving, self-denying courage.
The courage to be more
Ultimately, I hope that 7 Days of Courage will be a beginning for you and me. I hope that once we begin to practice courage in these simple– and yet potentially challenging– ways, we will see more opportunities for courage in other areas of our lives.
I believe that courage can grow, and that we can progress from bravery in our personal circles to bravery in our communities. As I say in the book, courage with little things eventually becomes courage with big things.
Our community of courage
If you download the book (which I hope you do), you’ll find that it’s quite interactive! I share my own reflections on the challenges in each section, and I invite you to share your reflections with me.
I did this because I understand that your circumstances are different from mine. I know that you and I face unique struggles for which we both need courage. Even if our stories are distinct, however, the desire to overcome our fears is something we have in common. So let’s build community around that! Let’s choose courage together.
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Ahhh thank you so so much Kiki!! Your encouragement means a lot to me and I hope you’ll tell me what you think of the little workbook! 🙂
Can I tell you how excited I was when I saw this???!!! I always said you’d be an amazing author. I seriously cannot wait. It’s been ages since I’ve read an ebook, now I’ll have an excuse to charge up my Kindle. (; Congrats girl!
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Aw thank you so much Jeannette! That is so, so kind of you and I hope that one day that dream will come true!! 😉
I hope you enjoyed your trip, and I can’t wait to see more photos!
Thanks Nina!! I appreciate that, let me know what you think. 🙂
Aw thank you Brittany! I’d love to hear your thoughts too!
Ah thanks Ash!! I really appreciate that.
Thanks friend! 🙂
Thanks Shannon!!
Thanks Shireen! Actually, I didn’t do a traditional publishing path– I just wrote it and exported as a PDF! 😉
Thanks Ashley!! xo
Thanks friend! 🙂
Ahh thank you so much Christina! I think the confirmation email ends up in the “promotions” tab for most people… not sure how to change that…
My dear Daisy, I have no words to express how happy and excited I am for you on the launching of your new e-book. I know this moment was coming and I have no doubt there will be many more to come and I am not talking about only e-books, I am talking about the whole nine yards; from best selling books to book signing sessions (I will definitively be there to personally meet you!) you are going to get very far and will touch many people’s lives with your beautiful writing. Of course, I downloaded the book and I can’t wait to read it. Based on your post, it is amazing just like everything you do. I am actually in my lay-over time from my trip to Switzerland (just landed in New York a couple of hours ago) and I am now waiting for my flight to Orlando and you have no idea how happy I got when I read this post. I need to practice courage in my life to do a lot of things that have been inside my heart a very long time and this e-book will help me a lot. Thanks so much Daisy! Sending you lots of love and blessings! xoxo, Jeannette
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I downloaded it! Congrats!
This is a big accomplishment, Daisy! I haven’t dug into the book yet, but I am SO excited to — especially now that I know the story behind it. I’m loving your newsletter so far. Such a great way to get more encouragement from one of my favorite bloggers!
“Courage with little things eventually becomes courage with big things.” I absolutely love that!!! Congrats on the ebook! 🙂
Yay! Love the story behind it!
Congrats Daisy! What a huge and exciting accomplishment!
Shannon
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Congratulations, Daisy for writing your own e-book, that is such a huge accomplishment. wonder if you’ll write a post about how you go about writing and then publishing it?
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Congrats on your first ebook! That’s awesome. 🙂
Super cool, friend!!!
I’m so proud of you for writing your own ebook, that is seriously amazing. I can’t wait to dive in! I thought I subscribed last week, but now I’m wondering if it went to my spam. Going to check now because I definitely don’t want to miss out on this awesome read! The cover is beautiful by the way 🙂 Great job Daisy!!