When I was a child we were sent out to play with our friends each day. Since there wasn't any money to entertain us, we were tasked with finding our own fun. I remember we would run up baseball hill and stand in awe of these magnificent pine trees. Our goal became to climb each tree but the challenge that constantly awaited us was figuring out how to reach the first branch. As small children it seemed a long way out of our reach. So we gathered old branches and planks of wood, anything in fact that we could climb onto so as to reach that first branch. After that it was branch after branch going as far as we dared to climb towards the top.
Now those of you who know me well might have a difficult time imagining me climbing a tree, but those memories remind me today of what it's like to climb onto branches and reach towards our goals. What it has taught me is this...branches give us opportunities...branches gives us hope and enable our dreams to happen. Without the risk and the belief we can make the climb, we hold ourselves back from becoming all we aspire to be. My goal is to never stop climbing trees. Until next time...
Blondie
You are right, I have a hard time to imagine you climbing a tree LOL. I really like the comparison though, I have never climbed an "actual" tree, but have climbed many of the "trees" you talk about throughout my life. You are right without risk; it is pretty hard to bring our dreams to reality. I am going to set that same goal to never stop climbing "trees". Love this post:)
ReplyDelete