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    Re: you slipped???

    Posted by ARiftSoul on September 18, 2009, 3:02 pm, in reply to "you slipped???"

    Complicated - as usual what isn't in this "journey" but I am okay - and thank you so much for asking

    Ha the word "Journey" is getting so OLD! Sometimes I wish I never assimilated to it.


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    : what happened? are you ok?
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    : --Previous Message--
    : that is the PROBLEM!!!
    :
    : We all think that we are JUMPING - TO FALL!
    :
    : When just maybe we should be thinking of the
    : leap of faith - to jump to a BETTER PLACE -
    : A HIGHER PLACE -
    :
    : Like jumping from Stone to Stone over a
    : river bed. Fall in the water and you feel
    : you have failed, but dip the toe, or drag a
    : foot, but still maintain your balance
    : somehow (your sanity).
    :
    : But sometimes you find yourself a little
    : upstream from where you were - you have the
    : courage - but your foot is most definitely
    : wet. Now what do you do. Wait for the foot
    : to be dry? You now know you are at greater
    : risk of slipping off the next stone as you
    : land, that next step to get you closer to
    : the other side - to get you to higher
    : ground.
    :
    : I slipped today. And now I stand on a my
    : stone with a river of tears to add to the
    : current that is before me...how many stones
    : must we drum the courage to jump to before
    : the torrent below us is finally over. And we
    : can sit on the bank looking back at the fear
    : of it all.
    :
    :
    : Ironically:
    :
    : The river is but one foot deep with a
    : current that cools the ankles on a hot day,
    : but may give you a stink of icy cold reality
    : on a beautiful fall day. But when the
    : reality from the stink fills you with such
    : joy and peace - how can you not possibly
    : take that leap of faith to get to the other
    : side.....
    :
    : I search in desperation to find a rock close
    : enough for me to jump to. That brings me
    : closer to her and yet further from him. I
    : ask how wide is this river I must cross. How
    : long must I wait for a stone to roll within
    : reach. That will give me sturdy footing to
    : leap to the shore of happiness.
    :
    : --Previous Message--
    : You wrote:
    :
    : I know I can't be pushed. I have to do it
    : myself, I have to jump. But seriously, how
    : do you? How do you step from firm ground
    : into mid-air ?
    :
    : I will tell you what many wise AJers told me
    : when I posed that very same question almost
    : a year ago.
    :
    : You will jump when you are tired of sitting
    : on the precipice. When the 'neither here nor
    : there' gets the best of you. When the
    : waiting gets old. When you are tired of
    : being 'stuck'.
    :
    : It's okay to jump. Really, it is. You will
    : survive the fall and the landing and so will
    : those around you.
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