RENEGADEconversations. The name of my website (well, not the actual URL, but what you see when you get here…). The name of my business. What I love. And this week, what had – in spades: really, really, really great conversations with amazing women. All renegades. No doubt about it.
You can see on the right-hand side of this page how I think about these words. Yes, I could just trust that you’ll shift your eyes over there and read them here and now, but just to make sure I drive my point home, here they are again:
renegade: noun
A deserter from one faith, cause, or allegiance to another; those who reject lawful or conventional behavior; amazing people who live from their hearts.
conversation: noun
To associate with; to turn around; oral exchange of sentiments, observations, opinions or ideas.
RENEGADEconversations:lifechanging
Dialogue that compels change and instills hope.
I love these words! And every time I read them I say, “Yes! These define me, what I’m about, what I love and pursue and hope for.”
The RENEGADEs. Cassandra Rae, Deb Owen, and Kelly Diels. They define the word! They have each, in their own way, rejected conventional behavior and call those around them to the same. They are amazing women who live from their hearts. I have not met any of them face-to-face but because of an affinity for similar things, similar realms, and RENEGADEconversations we have now connected. We have moved from virtual to real. Each of them reached out to me in specific, beautiful, profound ways. They spoke profoundly into my life, my heart, my “calling.” And one by one, they reminded me of what I need to continue to do, why I need to press on, to continue to hope and believe and move forward. Each of them reminded me what I can all-too-easily lose sight of: I am a renegade.
The Conversation. In its best and most generative form, our dialogue with one another was indeed a context for both “associating and turning, for exchange of opinions and ideas.” Each conversation held something a little different, but in all we connected, we laughed, we understood, we saw, we spoke. They reminded me of what I love; that there are many, many more RENEGADEconversations for me to have.
RENEGADEconversations. No doubt about it. “Dialogue that compels change and instills hope.” Indeed. Lifechanging. Yes. If I had an album and named it RENEGADEconversations, this week would be the title cut. Loud. Rockin’. I give it a ’10′!!
Cassandra, Deb, and Kelly: Thank you. Your words were more than timely, more than inspired, more than heartfelt, more than powerful. They were water in the desert.
And Wayne: Thank you, too. Your patience, your listening, your wisdom, your choice to speak honestly, boldly, and freely means more than you know. You re-define “Renegade” and continue to offer me new tastes and higher visions. I’m grateful.
I have more to think about, more to consider, more to imagine, more to dream, more to dare, and frankly, more to risk. Others have named that for me. And I can feel it for myself – in large part because of others’ advocacy and compassion and care. It’s a Title Cut worth dancing to.
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Love getting to the part where you said, “**I** am a renegade.” Because you are. You’re a path-forger.
You are amazing and have a true gift that uplifts and challenges others to rise to be who they truly are in all that glory.
You keep doing what you’re doing.
The world needs it.
All the best!
deb
Deb Owen´s last blog ..business owners, make the most of what you’ve got
This is so beautiful, Ronna – indeed a track worth dancing to. For what it’s worth, you describe a state that feels like my goal, and your words help me figure out what it means to live from my heart. This is a figuring out that I am still deeply engaged in and I’m grateful for your thoughtful input into the process. You probably don’t even know how significantly your words impact my thinking.
Thank you.
Lindsey
Mmmm. You have no idea how significantly your words touch my heart. Thank you.
Thank you so much, Lindsey, for sharing your thoughts. Something you’ve said really strikes a heart-chord with me & has inspired me to move forward with my book proposal & continue to share my process at a deep level in the pursuit of creating meaning in my life. I don’t know you, but thank you so much!
FYI, it was this sentence that has sparked a new level of inspiration within me, “For what it’s worth, you describe a state that feels like my goal, and your words help me figure out what it means to live from my heart.”
Coach Cassandra Rae´s last blog ..Loser! with a capital L
Ronna, thank you so much for sharing your experience so openly. You inspire me to continue to share my real, unedited self.
You rock!
Love~
Cassandra
Coach Cassandra Rae´s last blog ..Loser! with a capital L
The gratitude goes to you, my friend.
You rock!
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