There are times when it makes perfectly good sense to look. And times when there's nothing to do, but leap.
-Stephanie C. Roberts {LittlePurpleCow}
I read her words over and over again. Playing in my mind what they mean to me…
I've jumped, taken a few massive leaps. I've swam out far out and thought I might drown… Once, I started to think that all of the choices we made were mistakes. How soon after you think that it was a mistake do you start to realise that it is an experience?
It didn't take me long to realise that I need to slow down and breathe. To build some great stories and experiences. To appreciate the days that we have as we are- literally, in sickness and in health-for richer, for poorer. (I'm not just talking about marriage) I'm learning to let go…That we work to live-not live to work… That the money we have can be put to those 'leaps' instead of just looking… For me, change doesn't come easily. I need to dip my toe in, and then ease on into it… I have to soak it all up gradually, letting it sink in. Something on my 101 (oh that old thing?) says to 'try new things'…
The wrong turn down the road may get you lost, or lead you into something you would have never discovered on your own-a new world perhaps…
I want to make more leaps, to dive right in without caution to the rocks below…
We lay in bed last night, talking about great memories we share… I just want to continue to build more-until our memory box gets full of sceneries and scents, stories-the good and the bad. Experiences… Our story-our journey. So here I am, standing on the edge, my nose plugged-ready to take the dive…I wonder what will be next?
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Dive!