A friend of mine is studying to be a Life Coach and is practicing on me. (This is the second Life Coach friend that has practiced on me...which is funny when you think about it. I am a life coaches dream! haha) Anyway....last night we were talking about how thought processes change as we grow from children to adults. She used herself as an example and said "Used to be i would see a pond and just jump in. Now-a-days i ask myself things like...are there critters in the pond, where is the best spot to jump, do i even want to be wet." She then said to me "Imagine you are jumping in a pond. What are you thinking?" I said "Margi...I never learned to swim.....I would not go into a pond." She said "It is only 3 feet deep." I became very quiet and she wanted to know why. I said " OMG! I made an assumption that I would be in over my head before i had all the info!" Margi yelled "YES!" from the other end of the line. Margi's point was that as adults we often stop ourselves from reaching goals based on mis-information or missing information or something from our past. The fact that I used the term "in over my head" kinda blew me away. I meant of course.....the water being over my head....but i could not stop thinking about our conversation. I am in a rut..a giant rut! I am afraid to move forward, to try new things, i am even wondering right now if i am afraid to let myself be happy...I am afraid I will indeed be in over my head. Margi thought that was a very good place for us to stop. She asked me to do some thinking on that conversation and if I am interested..we will continue next week. Of course I am interested. Anyway...I am hoping that this little story resonates with some of you here because i really want us all to be able to reach for the stars