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Take a leap of faith in your own worth.
"Go out on a limb, that is where the fruit is!"
A friend sent me this quote last week...and I love it! Think about it, when in your life have you achieved a great goal by "playing it safe?" Never. If you have...I would question just how great an achievement it really was...and do you feel good about it?
In improvisation, we teach students to take risks. By taking a risk, you force yourself out of your comfort zone and into a new place...a scary but extremely rewarding place. And, once you have ventured into this new place...you never want to go back. Safe becomes impossible...it is no longer who you are. The quote we share with students all the time is, "Jump...and the net will appear!" You get to a point where you can only progress by taking a leap of faith. You don't know what it is going to be like, how messy it might get, and how foolish you will look, but you can't get any better until you make that leap. Once you do, brilliant or not...you never regret the attempt. No one ever says, "Wow...what a safe choice he made...this is really interesting!"
Safe stinks! Einstein, Jobs, King Jr., Lincoln, Jordan, and any other great innovator out there didn't do so by taking the safe route. When you have a vision and nothing else in life will satisfy you...the only left to do is get out on that limb. Whether your branch breaks or not, you will feel the satisfaction of taking the risk.
For me, taking a risk means that I am turning my life, motives, guidance, and protection over to Love, Spirit. It means I am putting everything in God's hands (not my personal ego) and knowing that win or lose...I will become a better and wiser person. The truth is, events seldom come out the way we expected. But when you trust enough to make that leap. you are able to adjust to whatever life throws at you...and in many cases...the result is even better than you planned.
Fear, doubt, timidity, laziness, arrogance, apathy, criticism, and sarcasm are all qualities that prevent you from making that jump. If you don't kill them, they will keep you where you are forever...are you okay with that?
One of my favorite quotes from my favorite book says, "Trials are proofs of God's care. Spiritual development germinates not from seed sown in the soil of material hopes, but when these decay, Love propagates anew the higher joys of Spirit, which have no taint of earth. Each successive stage of experience unfolds new views of divine goodness and love."
Trials force us to grow and become better. Avoiding trials or taking the easy way out prevents us from overcoming the experiences that we should be learning from.
So, what limb have you been dying to walk out on? Let me know...and I'll give you a nudge or a push ;)
Come on out...the fruit is tasty!!!
Travis
PS - I will be out of town for a few weeks...so talk to you later! Read more from this blogger at Travis Inc.
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