AIMING FOR THE MOON

I always aim for the moon in both my private and professional life rather it just to get the best workout at Jazzercise or pursuit of my own personal best at work. I also openly admit to not always aiming high, fearing finding my face in the sand whether then daring to believe that I could fly. Like phrases from Herman Melville's book Moby Dick, "To scale great heights, we must come out of the lowermost depth. The way to heaven is through hell." I interpreted these phrases literally and figuratively, viewing them like a pessimistic ode to increased chance of failure, so why bother to try. I summed up my life this way too, never daring to view life or this passage in a more positive light, one favoring an optimistic ode to the value of surviving insurmountable odds, while finding great triumph in the end. I think if I allowed my self to take the optimistic road then I would be forced to take my own head out of the sand and try harder to succeed, after all I had already resigned my self to falling short of the moon. I simple never tried to aim high, fearing I think success more than failure at times. I remember as a child, a teenager and a young adult that I assumed I would always be fat simple because my other five siblings were thin and someone had to be fat and fate had dealt this role assignment to me. I also let this same thought dictate my pursuit of a profession as well. I went to Junior College and did well, but evening in doing well I never dreamed or dared to allow myself to believe that I could go on to a higher level of education an excel. Instead I spent fifteen years convincing my self, that failure was inevitable so why bother to try. In essences I never allowed my self to view life in a positive way only the negative and this allowed me to continue to cling to the concept of not trying even if I failed. What's wonderful about living and thriving in life is you are ultimately forced to get your head out of sand, even if it is for just a second to recheck what direction you are moving in. When you really want to move forward in your life, you find yourself taking a more conscious commitment to living life. Meaning that you stop just going through a daily routine like a robot preprogrammed to do the same thing without deviation. Instead you slowly forge ahead by trying new things, forming new friendships, and taking more risk. If you are lucky like me you discover that success is the number of times you have gone out and tried even if you failed. At times I continue to find my head in the sand and this is okay, because it only means I have dared to fly and for every time I soar to the moon it seems as though the times in the sand become less significant. An Avia sneaker ad sums up were I am now, "Your biggest challenge isn't someone else. It's the ache in your lungs, and the burning in your legs, and the voice inside you that yells can't. But you don't listen. You push harder. And then you hear the voice whisper CAN. And you discover that the person you thought you were is no match for the one you really are." AIM FOR THE MOON …………..……………………….FUJICAT

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