Sunday Dec. 21/08

(Mike working on the "human flag")

As a child, you can do anything.  The future is an unwritten story, unencumbered by the fetters of harsh reality.  Belief is easy to come by, as simple as hearing or seeing.  Potential is infinite, and always given its due. As we get older, living is no longer an exercise in blind faith.  Doubt creeps in, and skepticism finds its way into our minds. The world gives us our knocks, and with each blow, the bounds of reality narrow.  The vernacular of the impossible impregnates our speech and infects our actions, until we stay with the safe, the pleasant, and the known, afraid to push back against the unfamiliar and the difficult.


2 comments:

Sandra said...

I have often said over the years to my girls as they were growing up: It's not, seeing is believing but BELIEVING IS SEEING.

Now if I could just remember to carry that into WOD every-time.

Sherri said...

I LOVE this one..really beautiful and empowering. Thank you for this..

:)