Vulnerable

I am going to be real vulnerable, I am going to put myself out there,  yoga has been teaching me that. I am an introvert, I don't like crowds and I really don't like social situations where I have to talk to new people. Even that was hard for me to type. I come across as confidant but inside I am scared and afraid.
Starting this blog, which will hopefully turn into a business, more on that later, scares me. It makes me vulnerable. I have spent a majority of my life building up walls of protection around myself. I am careful of who I let in for fear of getting hurt or rejected, which has happened, I am sure it happens to everyone.
I am afraid to go out and sell myself, to promote what I do and who I am, to toot my own horn. This has stopped me from following some of my dreams,  but I am stepping out of the comfort zone and giving this endeavor my all.  Yoga has taught me that I need to stretch and not be afraid to try new things. When I first started yoga I loved doing tree pose, it was easy and I felt a master of tree pose.

Hey, ya gotta start somewhere.  One of the poses that I thought I would never conquer was crow, how was I supposed to get all 5'10'' of my body to balance on my elbows and wrists?

I thought for sure I would never master that pose. But I attempted the pose each time, I went out of my comfort zone, even falling flat on my face, thought I broke my nose once, and finally after 2 and a half years I can do crow! I look forward to doing crow and feel a rush of exhilaration each time I hold the pose, and I am a victor even if I only hold it for 30 seconds!
So I am going to stretch way out of my comfort zone and put myself, my work, my talent, my hobby out there for the world to see and if I fall flat on my face, I will get back up and try again. If I am rejected I will persevere. I can't control what others think of me or what I do I can only try my best and be who I am.