Be That Child!

"When I dare to be powerful - to use my strength

in the service of my vision, then it becomes less

and less important whether I am afraid."

Audre Lorde

As children, we have such blind courage to be dare devils!  Whether racing on our bikes or lost in a dream scape, our embraced power propels us into flight.  Eventually we take a poorly navigated turn and quickly learn that we were not as indestructible as we believed.

When we develop from children into young adults, we continue to use our energy to challenge our world.  We find ourselves dreaming to create our vision in service to others.  When our momentum speeds up we dare to take flight hoping to bring our vision into reality.

Like the child, however, we at times do not navigate as smoothly as we anticipated.    The adult can be overcome and paralyzed by fear; whereas the child gets up, inventories his or her scrapes, and jumps back onto the bike, determined to try again.  Be that child!  Rekindle the authentic power within, visualizing a new way to try again.