Soaring Lessons
Did you know you could fly?
Yes you, with the middle-aged greys springing out of your ponytail…
You with the quarter-life crisis and the world as your oyster…
You with Junior High staring at you from the business end of a double barrel…
You can soar, if only you will bend your knees and leap into the great unknown.
True, the next day, you may fly in a metal tube for 9hours with your broken ankle in temporary cast, and ice from the airplane galley packed around your leg. But you will know in your core that for those clear sparkling moments you were Icarus triumphant. And, when you are old, you will remember those glorious seconds aloft with clarity; while the throb in your bones will be but a faint memory, calling to mind not a fall, but a flight.
“In life you will come to a great chasm. Jump.” -J.Conrad
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August 6th, 2009 at 5:39 am
As always, just what I need to read. Love it.
P.S. Whose ankle?
August 6th, 2009 at 6:17 am
Really lovely writing here, Rachelle. (Sorry to hear about Eden’s ankle, though. Bummer.) Safe travels to you!
August 6th, 2009 at 7:09 am
Eden’s ankle, poor kiddo. And we are on the plane tommorrow. Fingers crossed and such please, ladies!
August 6th, 2009 at 8:38 am
Thank you.
And a lovely, painless flight to all of you.
August 6th, 2009 at 2:53 pm
Seems a perfect post on the day that I’ve just launched my new website/creative venture! Thanks! I’m flying…!
August 7th, 2009 at 2:18 am
So beautiful, Rachelle. Your voice sounds strong, clear, unapologetic, available. It makes me want to soar, too.
August 13th, 2009 at 8:07 am
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