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y mother always used to say to me things like, “play it safe”, “a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush”, “that’s too risky” and a million other statements that she would come up with to protect me. But all my life I
have been a risk taker most of the time, which has probably added to her gray hairs and stress level! I am just like my father who was constantly trying new business ventures, some of which worked and some didn’t, but we are the kind of people that have to learn the hard way – as my mother would put it. I prefer to think of it as we need to try new things, make our own mistakes, fi gure out what works and what doesn’t and learn from our experiences. That’s why taking risks can be so important in terms of making you stronger and more resilient to failure and
things not working out the way you had planned. If you never take risks, if you never strive to achieve something bigger than what you can handle, if you’re paralyzed because you’re afraid to fail, then you’ll never reach those big goals and dreams because you will always stay in your safe, little comfort zone. For me, I realized at a very young age that the one thing I could never accept at the end of my life was to be left
wondering, “what if” in any area of my life. I’ll give up safety, security and stability to ensure that I have tried every possible thing that I could ever desire to do so that I won’t be asking that question in my old age. And sure there will be some things that I’ll risk that I may end up regretting, but at least I’ll have the answer to what would have hap-
pened if I did it versus wondering about it. To me, the wondering is much more painful than trying something and failing. If you are the kind of person that really fears taking risks and the possibility of failing, I encourage you to gradually introduce some small risk taking into your life and see what happens. If you take a risk and succeed, fantastic! If you take a risk and you fail, that’s fantastic too, because you had the courage to step out of your comfort zone and I’m sure if nothing else, you will have learned something valuable about what happened and more importantly, about yourself. You might even fi nd that it can actually be fun!
Wishing you health and happiness,
It may have taken a little more time than we would have liked, but the warm weather and sunshine has fi nally
arrived! This will be my fi rst summer living in Maine and I am very excited to experience everything that this season has to offer. One thing that I have been looking forward to all winter is going to all of the fantastic farmers’ markets. While there are some markets that run year-round, to me there is just something more enticing about visiting the farmers’ market in the spring and summer. The vendors have tables teeming with fresh vegetables, herbs, fruit, eggs, meats, honey, and many more goodies. And there is certainly no shortage of markets here in Maine. Chances are
that on any day of the week you will have no trouble fi nding a great market close to your home. So be sure to get out and enjoy the beautiful weather and pick up some fresh, healthy food at your nearest farmers’ market! For more information and to fi nd a farmers’ market near you, visit
http://www.mainefarmersmarkets.org/.
In good health,
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