The same old song...."Fear of Falling"

Recently I've been pondering what we perceive as success, and the steps we take to achieve a level of success in our lives. In my own lifetime, my very short lifetime, I have thought about how many times myself and others have created this idea for what paths we should take towards achieving our success...what what in fact makes us successful. From my own personal experience, I remember creating time lines of where I wanted to be in the next five, ten or so years, and I've even given myself deadlines as to when I should know exactly what it is and where I want to be in the next few years. Now don't get me wrong, I do believe that deadlines are a good way to measure and manage progress, and I believe that all people should have some type of expectations that help us gauge where we are what we need to do...but I have learned and come to believe that setting such expectations without consideration for falling can be detrimental to our overall success.

How often have we created plans that are so well within our comfort zone and do not challenge us or make us uncomfortable. How oftentimes do we tread on low grown because we are afraid to fall from high heights? Think about this: when working out to become stronger, the longer your body remains in a state of uncomfortableness, the greater our strength and stamina. Several fresh college grads, business owners, artists, athletes, etc. etc. etc., are scared to death at the thought at taking a chance, but if you are afraid to fall...to take that chance, you'll never know the full wealth of your very ingenuity...and you'll never truly value the worth of your success. So instead of writing a long blog with meaningful (or meaningless to some) analogies, I'll leave you with a few questions that beg introspection:

Are you happy with what you're doing now? Are you traveling the safe route, following the "plans" (as ambiguous as they may be), are you utilizing your talents? Do you trust yourself enough? These are not rhetorical questions, but are question that I ask myself everyday all the time....I'm not encouraging shiftlessness, making hasty decisions without thought...but I am encouraging to sometimes challenge what you perceive as "impractical" or "improbable"...if what you've ever denied yourself of doing, or the fear you've had about a certain decision you made has ever been because of the uncertainty of the consequences or effects, then, you, my friend, are afraid of falling....and if you never fall...perhaps you'll never conquer what it is you've been so desperate of achieving.



STAY LIFTED.