Sometimes the biggest risks are those we take with our hearts.

An account I follow on Instagram asked subscribers to give their feedback on their upcoming website. I welcomed the chance to be involved and to look at it with impartial eyes. Contrary to what you may (or may not) know about me, I love being behind the scenes and am more comfortable on the bottom floor then high above the ground.

I took on the project as a way to widen my vision. As of late, I feel that I have been looking so much to the future and have missed out on the here and now. The site will sell upscale floral arrangements. I was immediately drawn to the artistic layout and array of color and symmetry. I read the Mission Statement as if I was editor of a sweeping romantic novel.

I found some typos and felt that the "check out" page was hard to navigate. My first instinct was to put my thoughts side. Look away. Is this really important? Did I really have an opinion to offer about something I know little, or nothing about. Where had I been told this in life prior to this moment? I stopped reading and began to journal. I wrote about the times where I had something to say and didn't speak up. I also expressed the times when I spoke up only to be told to mind my own business. My go-to response was to shutdown. Stop talking and start sulking. Keep writing, I told myself. The truth is revealed when I put pen to paper. I could no longer afford the discomfort and insecurities that had pestered me for many years.

On a daily basis, I read a lot of inspirational messages. My favorite quote by far is from Neale Donald Walsch. "Life begins at the end of your comfort zone." Mr. Walsch is the author of the series, Conversations with God. I often joke to friends that when I get to heaven, I'm going to ask God... My friends loving look at me as if to say, so you think your going to heaven? Yes, I do. And, I have a lot of questions! I also have a lot to thank God for. I have found a way of life that is second to none and the only thing it requests of me, is to begin the day with a grateful heart.

I had nothing to lose by responding to the web editor about the misspellings. I did and it was well received and, more importantly, appreciated. This brings be back to the beginning of this blog. I was approached to be a constructive reviewer of a product that I love and happen to know a little bit about. Flowers. I had lost sight of my part in this endeavor. I offered my opinion. I wasn't going to be graded, judged or asked not to come back. The company thanked me for my participation and this blog is my ode to them. One of the company's tagline is #MadeToBeMeangingful. I'm pretty sure I'm in love with them and a bit more with myself, too.