Jump!

Never be afraid to take a chance. Especially if you've weighed the pro's & con's. If it feels right, then do it. Jump!

Seems I've made lots of major life decisions on or around the 4th of July.  Decisions along the lines of ending a marriage. Moving to a place I've never been. Having surgery. Those kinds of decisions. All decisions that happened to revolve around independence in one form or another.

In each case, the decision was right for me. Perfect timing too. Things turned out better than I or anyone else had hoped for. In the process of doing so, I made promises to myself. Some promises I've kept. Some? Not so much. 

So it's natural for me to revisit what's happened and take stock of my life. Congratulate myself for the victories and renew the promises I made to myself to improve in certain areas that need improvement. 

It helps that I'm around awesome people that I trust and look up to. It helps having role models, both personally and professionally. And I'm doubly blessed with an overabundance of role models. Some I've come to know since I've moved here and several I've met in the last week...the last day even!

Independence and freedom are wonderful things that I honestly don't take for granted. Especially when the road to that freedom is not easy. But then, happy endings aren't always easy...and aren't always meant to be.

Is there a jump you want to make? Then do it! Plan it out, be thoughtful about it, rely on your role models, then go for it and make that jump.

Happy Independence Day!

Comments

[Alma]

It's odd because the 4th of July has always been significant for me in terms of my love life. It seems like major shifts take place every year around this time. This year is no different...in fact, in may just be the most significant shift I've seen in a long time. And it's bizarre because I feel like, this year, I'm learning to trust myself by trusting in someone else.

Interesting, that.

[Stefanie]

I'm jumping, Kath, I'm jumping! Sometimes things work out such that you have to make more than one huge leap at once, and this is one of those. I hope I can find the ground again, but I'm jumping anyway.