Learning to Fly

What if I fall? 
What if I fail? 
What if I jump and hit the ground face first? 

These are all valid questions. Ones I'm sure we've all asked ourselves many times. I know I have. The thought of failing at something is scary, I think anyone would be willing to admit that. Sometimes the fear of failure is so real that it's crippling. I know that I've personally had many times in my life where I've chosen to pass up an opportunity for growth and change because I was too scared of what would happen if I didn't succeed. It's human nature to want to be successful. I think it's what drives us to keep going forward. If we never had any incentive to succeed at something, we wouldn't keep going after it; we wouldn't keep letting our hearts get broken in our pursuit of love, we wouldn't keep plugging through school, and we wouldn't keep giving people second chances. I know how scary it can be to get back up on your feet after being knocked down. When you're sitting on the ground it's easy to stay there. If you stay small, you never have to risk getting beat down again. But is that any way to live?  I think that even accepting the fact that you've failed could be a success. It's important to realize that failing doesn't mean it's the end. It means you have another chance. Sometimes failure is the thing that leads us to our greatest success. It's in those moments of complete and utter failure that we are able to truly see our potential and get a hold of it. We are each capable of amazing things, it's just a matter of believing in ourselves. Once you have that faith, there's nothing that can stop you. 

So next time you're feeling defeated, consider this, what if you don't fall? What if you fly? What if you take that leap of faith and you go soaring? This could be the moment you've been waiting for, so don't be afraid to take it. 

“I have come to accept the feeling of not knowing where I am going. And I have trained myself to love it. Because it is only when we are suspended in mid-air with no landing in sight, that we force our wings to unravel and alas begin our flight. And as we fly, we still may not know where we are going to. But the miracle is in the unfolding of the wings. You may not know where you're going, but you know that so long as you spread your wings, the winds will carry you.” 

― C. JoyBell C.