Wednesday, November 9, 2011

Learning to walk

Children fascinate me.  Have you ever watched a child learning to walk?  They don't care what anyone else thinks.  They're not afraid that you're going to laugh at them when they fall.  They don't care that it hurts a little when they topple over.  They don't fall once and decide to crawl for the rest of their lives.  They just get up... over and over and over and over.  And eventually, they do something incredible!

What could we accomplish if we stopped worrying about disappointing someone, or being laughed at, or suffering in the short term?  What are we capable of when we stop looking for everyone's approval and start doing the things that are hard?  What are we missing out on because we've decided to settle for crawling?

We all fall, but only some of us choose to get up... over and over and over.