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Imperfect Courage by Jessica Honegger

"Imperfect courage is the only kind I possessed, but it was courage nonetheless. Instead of waiting for fear to subside, I had made it my friend. Because when you've got a vision, you don't have time to wait around for your fears to vanish before you start moving. Perhaps the hero's journey is not for a few brave people after all but is an invitation to me, to us all, to rally our courage and go do the thing we're meant to do... 

What are you afraid of, and what toll is that fear taking in your life?"
- page 9 - 

Jessica and her family with Imperfect Courage on launch day!
Jessica Honegger, founder and Co-CEO of Noonday Collection, has written her story of imperfect courage and invited us to go scared into our own stories. And honestly, this book is probably going to make it into the Top 5 books I've read this year. 

I have been going scared for what seems like forever, although it's really only been for about 6 months. Between having my son, moving 1300 miles from the cornfields of Central Illinois to the desert of Southwest Texas and starting a new job with my husband as missionaries who raise our salaries, going scared has been the theme of my life this year. And it's been hard. Hard to the point of countless sleepless nights (and not due to my newborn son), hours of tears, digging my heals in against what I know I'm supposed to be doing and even a couple of panic attacks. But somehow, I am finding imperfect courage. I am finding a way to take life one day at a time and be courageous in the little things. I am finding a way to own my story and pursue the dreams that have been in me since I was 13. All with imperfect courage. All with my fear still hovering close by. 

So, maybe you have been wanting to start something new, trying to bring some big (or little) change into your life, making that dream you've been dreaming come true, may I suggest you read Imperfect Courage and learn to go scared? May I tell you that it's going to be tough and there is no magic formula for waking up one morning and being the most courageous woman in the world? May I tell you your fear will still find ways to weigh you down, but that you won't regret going scared and doing the things you were made to do?

Read Jessica's story. See your story through the lens of imperfect courage. And join Jessica and I in going scared. It won't be easy. But it will be worth it.


My little boy and well-loved advance copy of Imperfect Courage 



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