Friday, October 30, 2009

How do you step from the top of a 100-foot pole

Step waan: don’t panic
Step two: don’t take step. Rather crawl back down. I mean, how did you get up there in the first place??
I get it, we all are faced with difficult decisions. We find ourselves at these crossroads, left or right, wide or narrow, incline or decline.
Take my kid sister, she is in her last year of high school, and her step of that pole is her study field next year. My girlfriend, Jane needs to make a decision between a secure job and a travel opportunity that has been a dream – difficult in this economic climate. A colleague, Michael, would like to expand the family, but how would this affect the dynamics of married life – it’s been the two of them for nearly a decade. Man in traffic needs to decide if there is enough time to cross lanes before oncoming vehicles pass him (did he see that overloaded taxi driving in the emergency lane?). Young girl stands with positive pregnancy test in her hand.
All these decisions, big or small to you and me, is the most important thing to these people, at that very moment. Some will climb back down, some will jump with joy, others will be pushed.
Small step for my sister, Jane, Michael, the man, the young girl. One giant leap for their future.
And remember: Step three, in the end everything will be ok, if it’s not ok, it’s not the end.

No comments:

Post a Comment