life beyond the well…


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What Would You Attempt to Do If You Knew You Could Not Fail?

The title of this post is one of my favorite quotes.  I always use it as an inspiration for my life and as motivation to keep going to accomplish the many dreams that I have.

This quote makes me think of the Randy Pausch- the now famous college professor known for “The Last Lecture”, which has inspired many people across the country and the world.  I bought the book for myself, and it’s one of my favorites.  I gifted it to my mother for Mother’s Day, and she loves it.  I recommended it to a friend, and they gifted it to their mother also.  Seriously, if you haven’t read it, you should.  There’s no hype- it’s really that good.

But really- if you KNEW that failure wasn’t an option- what you attempt to do?  I believe that too many of us are caught up in the fear of failure to even put forth a halfhearted attempt at living our dreams.  Which is, pretty sad.  I also believe that there is something that we are each born to do, that the world is waiting for us to live and accomplish our dreams, so that we can not only inspire others, but leave the world we live in a little better than how it found us.

So- what would you attempt to do?


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from God’s perspective

I have a tendency to worry about things that I really can’t control. I think we all do to a certain extent.

Personally I spend a good amount of time concerned with what’s going to happen next; what the next steps will be, how the future will play out. Honestly, I don’t know why, because I really can’t do anything but live my life and let God work out the rest.

Today as my flight was taking off, I was amazed at how much I could see from the air. Literally, I could see from the airport, past my apartment, to the END of Florida. And then it hit me. This is the big picture. This is what God sees.

At some point, our vision leads to the horizon, and we have to trust God for what lies beyond that point until we get there for ourselves. And knowing that God can see the BIG picture, far beyond what we can imagine; it would serve us (especially me) well to trust that He has everything worked out. I think Albert Einstein said it best, “All I have seen teaches me to trust the creator for all I have not seen.”

Just my thoughts! Peace and blessings!