But, darling, what if you fly?

The Beasleys are not good at all the things, but we are good at some of the things. In fact, I made a not so comprehensive list.

Things we are good at:

1. Grilling meats
2. Drinking wine
3. Exercising
4. Making people (read: ourselves) laugh

Things were are bad at:

1. Laundry
2. Being on time
3. Remembering things
4. Potty training humans & also dogs

There is one thing that we are really, really good at- The Beasleys can dream some big dreams. And we can also just go for it. I love that about us. We aren’t afraid of falling. We aren’t afraid of failing. I, personally, detest being told no. But after I cry about it and drink wine, I’m find again.  Aaron, on the other hand, doesn’t care if you tell him no. He will scoff at you and move on in Aaron Beasley fashion. The absurdity!

We take chances and we make risky choices. Our lives have ended up being really, really exciting. Also very chaotic and busy and at times overwhelming. You can be at peace and rest when you’re dead. When cool opportunities present themselves, we tell each other all about it. We get real bad excited. We go down the deepest rabbit holes. We encourage each other to just do it. We make pipeline dreams our real life dreams. And, we say YES with 6 million exclamation points.

You’d be shocked how many opportunities are out there for you. They are just waiting for YOU to say yes. You can say no out of fear. Out of worry. Out of discomfort. Out of safety. Out of certainty. Or you can just say Yes.

Some YESes are HUGE. They are the Wall from Game of Thrones and you are Jon Snow. Some YESes are so small they require only whispers. You can choose to be courageous and climb through the tiny window of opportunity. Sometimes the other side of the window has Christmas ornaments on the floor and you’re barefoot like poor Marv in Home Alone. MOST of the time, the window leads to a magical land of other opportunities and really exciting things that you would’ve never known about if you didn’t say YES.

So, today is my birthday. I am turning 31 years old. This year, I will say more YESes! I will seize all the opportunities. I will just see where the wind blows me. Hopefully it blows me somewhere like Paris or Hawaii, probably will not. I hope you say yes too. Who cares if you aren’t qualified or you don’t know how or you don’t have time or you’re scared. The worst that can happen is someone tells you no. And “No” is stupid anyway.