Who do you rely on? In the last two weeks, I have had to ask myself this very question. Trust is an important part of being human, as is faith. But there are things we can not anticipate that come our way that can shake our world. My daughter’s fiance’s flight was cancelled two hours before he was due to board and I have had several of my support team fall ill. This comes after I had been ill for over two weeks, following a spell of burnout, and then my bank rejected all my incoming Amazon royalty payments because of some change in code. The list is longer than I care to mention in this message, but one could say that I have had a spell of bad luck and I was certainly feeling fragile. If we want to move forward in life, making plans and setting goals is important and misfortunate has a way of challenging the viability of those goals. While we may have to delay some of our plans, we should never be tempted to give up or give in to despair or harden our hearts towards others. In th...

  Have you ever been too afraid to act? Fear has a nasty way of robbing you of your dreams. This has probably been the biggest struggle of my entire life. One that I have regularly failed. Courage is not the absence of fear, it is the decision to act regardless of your fear. My progress has never been because I rush in a take on every battle. Sometimes I cowered, waiting for the danger to overtake me. However, there are sufficient times that I have mastered my fear to bring me the progress that I need. So now I am more forgiving of myself. Sometimes I will succeed and sometimes I will fail, but I know I am braver than I used to be. In this scene, Lady Christine was confronted by someone who knows who she is, but she was too afraid to step into her destiny. What is one small step you can take today to master your fear? #medieval #history #medievalfantasy #medievaltimes #sword  #warrior #medievalhistory #swords #fantasybook #fantasy #bookstagram #fantasybooks #booklover #books #...