Don't Be Afraid to Soar

We’ve been given wings as Eagles so that we may fly at severe heights in life. However, many times we never open our wings, because we fail to recognize that we even have wings. When I purchased my new car, the same day, a sparrow flew in front of it and I hit it. I jumped from my brand new car and looked at my car while my daughter focused on the sparrow. After returning to my car, I received this revelation, “That bird has been given wings to fly and maybe not at the elevation of an eagle, but it could have flown above my car. However, it chose to fly at that low level and that’s why it got hit.” We, like that sparrow, have been given wings to fly and sometimes we are hit with this and that and life beats us up. Many times we are hit in life simply, because we are “flying too low.” Today, spread your wings and fly above every negative situation and emotion. Leave the buzzards, the barnyard chickens, the turkeys and all those who choose to fly low behind. Spread your wings and fly high!!! Stop feeling guilty about your desire to fly high. Stop allowing others to place their insecurities and inferiorities upon you simply, because you choose to spread your wings wide and soar to new heights.

Are there places you want to go, things you’d like to do, a job that you desire to end/a business you desire to start, or a relationship you wish to pursue or end, but

Yes, right now, realize that the most successful people in the world are those who have failed the most. Just to name a few: Abraham Lincoln went off to the war as a captain and came back a private. He tried being a lawyer and congressman and failed. He became very depressed and perhaps suicidal, but went on to become one of our greatest presidents of all time.

When Sidney Poitier went to his first acting gig, he was told to stop wasting people’s time and to go be a dish washer or something. He said he made up in his mind that day to make a career out of acting. The rest is history.

Thomas Edison failed 1000 times in trying to invent the light bulb. And when it was asked of him, “How does it feel to have failed 1000 times” he politely replied, “I did not fail 1000 times, but I created 1000 steps to the invention of the light bulb.” It’s all about perception and how you perceive yourself, not others. Walt Disney was fired from a newspaper job as they told him he “lacked” imagination. WOW! He filed bankruptcy many times. So, I say to you, get up today and simply “Do It Afraid.”