“It is better to have dreamed a thousand dreams that never were than never to have dreamed at all.” ~ Alexander Pushkin
NOTE: Dream, Dream, and Dream some more. Keep dreaming. Make your dreams big, bold, bodacious dreams. Let your dreams pull you into tomorrow. If one dreams fails, take on another and another. One day you’ll be happy you did and you’ll soar higher and higher.
“You were made to soar, to crash to earth, then to rise and soar again.”
My Love Must Be As Free
Henry David Thoreau
My love must be as free
As is the eagle’s wing,
Hovering o’er land and sea
And everything
I must not dim my eye
In thy saloon,
I must not leave my sky
And nightly moon
Be not the fowler’s net
Which stays my flight,
And craftily is set
T’ allure the sight
But be the favoring gale
That bears me on,
And still doth fill my sail
When thou art gone
I cannot leave my sky
For thy caprice,
True love would soar as high
As heaven is
The eagle would not brook
Her mate thus won,
Who trained his eye to look
Beneath the sun
A friend sent me this photo of a bald eagle perched high above the Mississippi River. Soon, the eagle will take to flight and dip down toward the river and snag a fish swimming a bit to close to the surface. The eagle is a lesson in patience for me. If we want to soar like an eagle we also need the eagle’s patience to wait for the right moment to soar.
“No bird soars too high if he soars with his own wings (William Blake).” 2023 is your year to soar. Set no limits on how high or how far you’ll soar. Pack lightly, you’ll find everything you need on your adventure. Don’t look back, cast off the anchors of fear and doubt. It is your time. It’s up to you grab hold and not let go. C’mon take the leap – SOAR!!
“Who would attempt to fly with the tiny wings of a sparrow when the mighty power of an eagle has been given him (Kenneth Wapnick).” We see only partially the inordinate gifts we have. We walk through life believing we’ve reached our potential without realizing that our potential is unlimited. It is up to us to keep digging, searching, and working to bring more of our potential to the surface. Once we discover it, it takes hard work and practice (like any great athlete) to hone our potential into something special.
Feeling stuck? The only limitations you have are the limitations that are self imposed. If you have a good friend or partner to whom you give permission to tell you when you are self-imposing a limitation, you’ll soon be soaring. I think it’s time for you to fly and to fly higher than you’ve ever flown before.
