Get Up

Photo courtesy of The Wild Woman Magazine & Gabriel Ramirez

In his book about brainstorming called "Hatch!" C. McNair Wilson tells a story about a little girl and her father. They had spent an afternoon on the ice rink together, but the little girl was discouraged. She was still learning how to skate, and she kept falling down. She was exhausted.
"Daddy," she said through tears. "I keep falling down!"
"That's not how I see you," he said, reaching out his hand to help her up. "I see you as someone who keeps getting back up."

Risk is hard. Trying to learn something new can be discouraging. Putting yourself out there with the possibility of rejection is exhausting. Dreaming and planning and launching is terrifying.

Do it anyway.

This life, this one precious life, shouldn't be spent playing it safe. It shouldn't be spent being comfortable 100% of the time. Who we were meant to be is often on the other side of struggle and grit. If it's been a while since you've risked, maybe it's time.
If you're in the middle of a fall, take heart. It isn't about the falling. It's about the getting up.