Over at Spittin’ Out Words Like a Llama, Colby wrote about having to trust her partner completely for a new dance move they were learning. When she didn’t trust her partner, she got hurt.
This made me think of skydiving. There is that moment when they open the hatch of the airplane, that you must decide to jump out. There is no turning back once you do. You know you have a parachute, but it takes a tremendous amount of faith to step out of a plane into nothing.
Life is a bit like this too. Sometimes you just have to take a leap of faith. You have to trust yourself and know that even if a situation doesn’t work out the way you expect it to, you are strong enough and capable enough to handle it. Push yourself just a little further than you are comfortable going. Make the decision to jump, scream like hell on your way down, and then pop your chute and enjoy the scenery of life.
There is no going back, in skydiving or in life. Decisions made today will affect tomorrow. Just have enough faith in yourself to know that you can recreate balance. Different isn’t bad, it just isn’t the same. Don’t be scared to try the Road Less Traveled. Bring your balance with you and trust yourself, otherwise you get hurt.
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February 19th, 2008 at 1:04 pm
Faith in oneself is the one attribute I find that most lack - I suffer from that from time to time myself. But I can quickly get over the hump. I have no choice but to.
February 19th, 2008 at 1:05 pm
I am glad I amuse you, lol. And I like that “different isn’t bad, it just isn’t the same.” How true. You have to be willing to take a leap sometimes, even if it isn’t particularly graceful.
February 21st, 2008 at 1:18 am
“Trust is a must, or your game is a bust.”
Something left over from bowling as a kid.
Turns out, it works in most everything else, too. Hmm, ‘Everything I need to know about life I learned from bowling”?
Trust.
Respect the other bowlers.
Keep yourself out of the gutter.
hmmmmm
February 23rd, 2008 at 1:19 am
Nice take on the theme. I especially enjoyed “scream like hell on the way down” as part of the advice.
February 27th, 2008 at 5:47 am
Every time I start a novel it feels a bit like launching myself into the void - once I find out which world is below me, I feel fine. I don’t need faith anymore, all I need to do is make sure I drift down in roughly the right place and make a halfway decent landing and report the whole thing well.
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March 4th, 2008 at 9:34 pm
Ah, leaps of faith. My life has been full of those. Sometimes I’ve been afraid to take the leap; and yes, it’s pretty much always scary. But usually it’s worth it.
(Just hard to remember that it’s worth it while you’re peering over the precipice!)
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