I heard a great analogy today. It can be applied to any number of life's situations. It goes something like this.
A young man , just nine years old, went boating with his family. He watched the adults and teenagers take turns wakeboarding, and begged his mother to allow him to have a turn. Soon, the opportunity presented itself, it was finally his turn. He went to the back of the boat and sat at the back with the wakeboard strapped to his feet.. that's when the fear set in. The young man WANTED to wakeboard... but that's all.. he merely WANTED to.
In order to actually wakeboard, there were a few things he would be required to do:
1- Get in the lake.
2- Be willing to drink a good deal of lakewater.
3- Accept that failure is a possibility..and be okay with it.
4- Try again.
It's funny how each of these steps can be tricky. Whether it's life, love, or wakeboarding we must do more than simply WANT something, we must DO it....
There's just something about jumping in a lake.
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I know where you heard that one! And I laughed out loud at the analogy, because that was me exactly one year ago.. crying in Lake Powell cause I was so dang scared. But I did get in, drank plenty of lake water, accepted the failure and then tried again. I won't tell you what happened after that :-)
oh I needed that today.
I love your blog and your picture on your blog. you look fantastic!
what a great little lesson! i'm SO the little boy who sees fun things and wants to, but then TOTALLY freaks out at the thought of requirement #3. :) thanks for sharing.
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