Sunday, April 3, 2011

How do you step from the top of a 100-foot pole?

My answer will be close your eyes and just jump! 
Have you ever climbed up something and when you finally got to the top you were too scared to climb down or jump.    It felt like you needed to step from a 100-foot pole.
Life is full of crossroads and all of them have bumps, hills and gutters, some just more than others.  You can decide which road you want to take.  Some will take the easier and wider but longer road while others will take the short, narrow and difficult road.
Sometime we choose the difficult and shorter road, but when we get to the top we are too scared to go down and need to take a decision to just jump or to turn back and admit that we have made a mistake.  Time to time we need to admit that we have made a mistake and chose the wrong road, but if we plan properly and know what we are capable of before we make a choice this will not be necessary.  If we get all the way to the top why don’t we just jump?  At the end it will be worth it even though we were scared.
Even though I have never done it I think of it as parachuting.  You make a decision and decide to do it.  You get into the plain but when you get to the exact height to jump you are too scared.  You have wasted your time and money if you go down without jumping.  If you jump you will probably have the time of your life.
Sometime we just need to close our eyes and jump and we will be amazed by the feeling and satisfaction we will get.





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