It's the weekend!


ENJOY!!!

How could I resist.........



Enjoy your summer!!!

"Do not climb higher than you are afraid to fall"--Posted at a climbing gym.

And I was thinking how we all use this lesson for life: Do not climb higher than you are afraid to fall. It's all about risk, good and bad.

Bad risk; When we hold back from achieving anything because we are afraid of failure. We stop just short of the goal because acheiving the goal and losing it later would be entirely too painful. We hold back from love and from our friends because we don't want to risk losing them.

Good Risk; When we take that chance on a career, a sport or love and friendship- When we throw that caution to the wind. We say "Failure? Who me? So What! Bring it on!!" We take that risk and we come out for the better on the other side.

I have a friend that was recently released from a very high profile public job. His entire career was based on taking risks that moved him to the top of his field. The fall was large, so was the risk worth it? Do larger falls hurt more than small setbacks? I'm sure he would say that he took great risks (willingly) and that this "fall" hurts terribly at this moment. However, I also know that this person is an experienced risk taker and that he will saddle up and try it again...and he will succeed. He will succeed because he respects the risk and he doesn't worry about the fall.

There is a David Wilcox song that goes,

" Balance is no harder after all
Out across this bridge so tall
Balance is no harder
Its just that you've got farther
Now you've just got farther to fall"

So, what kind of risk are you; good or bad? Have you been holding back? Maybe the secret is not to worry about the fall..........

This has been moving me through the week:

"You don't have to die and go to heaven

Or hang around to be born again

Just tune in to what this place has got to offer

'Cause we may never be here again."

Do you even HAVE to ASK who said this?

Thought for the Day:

"Sometimes the angel you want is not the angel you get"

Iyanla Vanzant said this. She was talking about being stuck in your life and looking for change and knowing that you need change. Her point was that sometimes the thing you think you are looking for.....the thing or the person that you think should be in your life....sometimes that thing or person is not what you get. Sometimes the thing that moves us along to change does not come in the form we thought it should.

Maybe the universe or God knows what we need better than we know ourselves.

Iyanla also says that you need to keep questioning the universe and the things that are set before you. Is it possible that your "angel" has already come into your life? Have you missed or overlooked an opportunity for change and growth?

Something to think about. Maybe your angel is closer than you think.

Well, this fits, doesn't it? This is from "The Long Way" by the Dixie Chicks...who also said what they believed and refused to apologize for it.

Well, I fought with a stranger and I met myself
I opened my mouth and I heard myself
It can get pretty lonely when you show yourself
Guess I could have made it easier on myself

But I, I could never follow
No I, I could never follow

Well, I never seem to do it like anybody else
Maybe someday, someday I'm gonna settle down
If you ever want to find me I can still be found

Taking the long way
Taking the long way around

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