Ask The Right Question(s)

You see things; and you say Why? But I dream things that never were; and I say Why not? – George Bernard Shaw

These words have often been attributed to one Kennedy or another, but I’m pretty sure it was Shaw who said them first.

They’re a great “re-frame” and offer us the opportunity to look at our lives anew, and, instead of lamenting the way things are, imagining what we want them to be – and to do so in a way that is expansive and maybe a little scary.

What are the “never were-s” in your life and what – really – is stopping you from taking action?

Let me be the one who gives you permission and encouragement to find something in your life that “isn’t yet” and make it a “now-it’s-here.”

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