✨ 100 Days of Wonder | Days 41-60
Here is our next round of wonder prompts… and some thoughts on finding courage in the face of the unknown
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Courage in Uncertain Times
“Have patience with everything that remains unsolved in your heart.
...live in the question.”― Rainer Maria Rilke, Letters to a Young Poet
Live in the question.
That might be the bravest thing we ever learn to do… Along with living inside of and owning our stories.
Writing this while watching markets plunge with the current state of affairs feeling like a capricious, cruel rock tumbler of shattered dreams… There are moments, I’m having to lean in to my own advice. Hard.
Wonder lives in the cracks of our world. Some of those cracks are shaped like question marks.
Transparently, today, part of me desperately wanted to get in my car and just drive till I get to MN and figure the rest out after the fact. Mostly because there is a big part of me that doesn’t like uncertainty.
But I calm myself by remembering I moved to an African war zone with a camp stove, suitcase and some bottled water… and a few hundred dollars. On one leg and crutches. Knowing no one. Not speaking the language. With 2 miles of semi-paved roads in the entire region.
And my time there holds many of my most treasured moments and memories. I’d do it again in a heartbeat.
I am the same woman… only wiser. And far more resilient.
When my fear level rises, I remind myself of my own history of overcoming impossible odds.
(If you’re reading this, I bet you have your own history here too…)
I was born with a medical death sentence. My family celebrated my birthday every month for the first year of my life. By the time I was 13, I had 23 major medical surgeries to correct congenital abnormalities. That’s just part of how my life started.
I will not be trapped by what I don’t have. I will find a way. And if there is no path to be found, dang it, I will find my bush whacking machete in storage and create my own.
All that to say:
You are the same you who has gotten through every worst day you have ever had.
There is courage to be found in what we have already overcome. In what we have already survived.
Courage lives in the marrow of our hardest memories.
I’ve said it before and I will say it again… Wonder is resistance to everything that would dismantle our dreams or diminish our worth.
Wonder connects us to ourselves, one another and to something bigger than ourselves.
Wonder is a dance with vulnerability, joy, awe, and hope in the face of worst-case scenarios.
In that place of not-knowing, wonder helps us we find the courage we need.
Courage to…
Embrace the process.
Trust the unexpected turns.
Lean in to the wild edge of hope.
Hope only exists in face of uncertainty. And hope has been proven to outlast fear and be a more effective agent of lasting change time and time again.
Now for our one-word wonder prompts, days 41-60. Each word explores ideas related to courage.
You are stronger than you know. You are courageous in ways no one else sees. The end of this chapter has not yet been written.
So let’s write a better ending… together.
Our One-Word Wonder Prompts, Days 41-60
And now for our regular reminder… you can use these prompts to watercolor, paper craft, bake, write… what ever creative expression you care to explore. But, I specifically curated them to be particularly effective as creative journaling prompts.
That being said… there is NO way to get this wrong. Seriously. You cannot mess this up. Not possible.
Certain words may speak to you more than others. You do not have to spend the same amount of time on each, or even do all of them.
For our paid subscribers, you have a full extended prompt list you can find here at the end of this post. I’ve added a few fun surprises as well.
Let’s jump in! I can’t wait to see what you create. Remember, if you share your posts on Instagram, tag them with #100daysofwonder2025 so we can find one another.
41 | Brave
42 | Leap
43 | Roar
44 | Fierce
45 | Grit
46 | Bold
47 | Daring
48 | Stand
49 | Risk
50 | Charge
51 | Fortitude
52 | Venture
53 | Defy
54 | Stalwart
55 | Embolden
56 | Heroic
57 | Conquer
58 | Rise
59 | Release
60 | Steadfast
As always, thank you so much for spending time and being here. This wouldn’t be the same without you.
