{"id":8989,"date":"2020-01-02T08:14:06","date_gmt":"2020-01-02T14:14:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.handsfreemama.com\/?p=8989"},"modified":"2020-01-02T08:19:02","modified_gmt":"2020-01-02T14:19:02","slug":"the-lies-we-tell-ourselves-keep-us-from-residing-in-a-life-we-love-blue-shutters-optional","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.handsfreemama.com\/2020\/01\/02\/the-lies-we-tell-ourselves-keep-us-from-residing-in-a-life-we-love-blue-shutters-optional\/","title":{"rendered":"The Lies We Tell Ourselves Keep Us from Residing in a Life We Love (Blue Shutters Optional)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
\u201cTo dare is to lose one\u2019s footing; To not dare is to lose one\u2019s self.\u201d<\/em><\/p>Soren Kierkegaard<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
I\u2019ve always thought I was someone who doesn\u2019t like to leave her two-mile radius. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I\u2019ve always believed I was happier when close to what\u2019s familiar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But as I looked through the 2018\/2019 photo albums my mom made our family for Christmas, I realized that was a lie. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
As I saw myself in new, never-before-visited places and remembered the positive feelings I had walking uncharted streets and climbing rugged hillsides, I realized an important distinction: <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Just because I do not like driving<\/em> outside my two-mile radius does not mean I am someone who doesn\u2019t like leaving<\/em> her two-mile radius.<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
I nearly lived my whole life believing the lie. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Whoa. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I felt a deep release come from my chest. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Imagine if I\u2019d continued to believe this lie \u2013 imagine the sights I would\u2019ve missed and people I would\u2019ve never known throughout the remainder of my life. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
As I continued turning the pages of the album, I received another epiphany related to the lies I\u2019ve believed about myself. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
It was a photo of an exquisite house I\u2019d sent to my mom while out on a walk in Arles, France six months ago. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I\u2019d been walking along the Rh\u00f4ne River when I looked up and saw it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
My feet promptly stopped walking, as if I\u2019d reached a destination I didn\u2019t know I had. <\/p>\n\n\n\n