Learning to Fly

"Listen, everybody! There's no limit to how high we can fly! We can dive for fish and never have to live on garbage again!" Richard Bach of Jonathan Livingston Seagull 

 He was a  bird...a seagull....a scavenger....He learned to soar....high above the garbage...He took a risk and he learned how to fly. 

Johathan Livingston Seagull - A kid's book for adults. The message is the best....it's about coming to the place of knowing who we really are....what we're really capable of -  It's about learning to do the impossible....the things dreamed of....wished for.....It's about learning to live life as it's meant to be lived....unafraid...free....following our heart wherever it leads....

I'm not there yet....no where near....but in my heart....I want to fly...really fly. I want to climb higher than I've ever gone....overcome fears...and let go of things that have kept me living less than the best. I want to face the lies..the myths...those things that hold me back from living totally free. I feel it...a crazy hunger....a strong pull....a yearning to scale higher....to let go of long-held beliefs and fears that have held me down too long. 

I tell myself I can do it. I feel pumped. But then.....I'm faced with standing up in front of people...being seen....and heard. My words get all jumbled. I lose my thoughts and feel like passing out.

I remember how dark things were....and hopless...and the hatred that burned inside. I hated those people who hurt me. I wanted to hurt them back. Not too long ago someone told me......the best revenge is to live my best life...to be happy....to be free.

Those words floored me....a new concept...that focused on my learning to live above the 'garbage.'  I want to live my best life....I really do.