You only need to muster up 20 seconds of courage to do anything. Everything I’ve ever done, I was petrified when doing it. I figured if it has to been done, I’ll have to do it trembling and shaking. I am a person who believed that others have great abilities. But I’m around to just encourage and exalt others behind closed doors.  It was much easier for me to go living life that way. I’ve battled with keeping my writings to myself. I thought everybody doesn’t need to know all that stuff about me. I just didn’t want to let people inside of my life.

But each day, I encounter many people who are hurt, confused, and ashamed. As I look at those people, it is as if a mirror is in front of me. I am them. They are me. We are each other.

Here’s where the 20 seconds count. Have you ever had an unction that you should say something to a woman at Target? So, you do and you find out that she just lost her husband and she doesn’t have any family.  But you by just taking that deep breath and saying that hello, you and she became friends for 20 seconds. I don’t know what my 20 seconds can offer someone, but I’m hopeful to impact whoever I come in contact with.

I encourage you to do what you always dreamed. Don’t worry about the money, your ability; or obstacles. Take a deep breath and use your 20 seconds to be courageous.