The material presented
here is not Al-Anon Conference Approved Literature. It is a method
to exchange
information, ideas, feelings, problems and solutions on a personal
level.
We fear to trust our wings. We plume and feather them, but dare not throw our weight upon them. We ding too often to the perch. --Charles B. Newcomb
Even before it has learned to fly; a baby bird is pushed from its nest. It will totter upon the ground, stubby wings outstretched from its body, following the guiding cries of its parents to flap its wings and take flight.
When we were young, our wings hadn't even developed before we began tottering through life. We may have received little direction about how to fly. As we grew, we may have built a nest and retreated within it, still not knowing how to fly.
Although our wings have not been used, we can still learn to fly. There are those who can teach us at meetings. They, too, have had to learn to fly after years of nest sitting. It isn't easy at first. In fact, it may be quite painful and tiring. But by trying out our wings every day, they will grow stronger and more familiar to us. Our nest will always be there, but we won't have to visit it as often. We'll be too busy flying and testing our wings.
Tonight I can begin to learn the freedom of flight and trust my wings
Thanks for sharing that... there is a similar thought that ... maybe you posted (I honestly don't remember). It goes something like ... the greatest fear of mankind is that of making a decission. Fear and trust (faith) do seem to be opposites of each other.
Hope you are having a good day!
Take care of you!
-- Edited by rtexas at 15:56, 2007-06-26
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"Good judgement comes from experience... experience comes from bad judgement" - unknown
Oh boy I so need to hear these things...I know my biggest fear is trusting myself, my wings. I'm always doing that what if thing....thanks for the post
