LIFE IN BLOOM

Learning How to Flourish in God's Grace

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Question Re: Dating Later in Life

This question was asked to me yesterday by my good friend Ty.  Here’s what he asked:

Do you think that the later in life you start dating, the easier it is for you to fall in love?

Ty and I hypothesized that it probably is easier to fall in love because you may not have the same emotional baggage as people who began dating earlier in life and have gone through some bad situations.  At the same time, we thought that beginning to date later in life could be problematic because as you get older the proverbial clock starts to tick, and with every person, there’s the hope that they could be “the one”.  Between that hope, and the naivete that a person has regarding relationships, they could be much more easily hurt than someone who’s been through some relationships and knows how to navigate them in a healthy way.

But now, I pose the question for you:

Do you think that the later in life you start dating, the easier it is for you to fall in love?


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What Would You Attempt to Do If You Knew You Could Not Fail?

The title of this post is one of my favorite quotes.  I always use it as an inspiration for my life and as motivation to keep going to accomplish the many dreams that I have.

This quote makes me think of the Randy Pausch- the now famous college professor known for “The Last Lecture”, which has inspired many people across the country and the world.  I bought the book for myself, and it’s one of my favorites.  I gifted it to my mother for Mother’s Day, and she loves it.  I recommended it to a friend, and they gifted it to their mother also.  Seriously, if you haven’t read it, you should.  There’s no hype- it’s really that good.

But really- if you KNEW that failure wasn’t an option- what you attempt to do?  I believe that too many of us are caught up in the fear of failure to even put forth a halfhearted attempt at living our dreams.  Which is, pretty sad.  I also believe that there is something that we are each born to do, that the world is waiting for us to live and accomplish our dreams, so that we can not only inspire others, but leave the world we live in a little better than how it found us.

So- what would you attempt to do?