Leap

This word has been a recurring theme in my life lately.

Leap, and the net will appear.

It's something that is so easy to forget and so difficult to do.  Nobody wants to leap willingly, and more often than not, there is someone pushing you from behind.... all the while telling you to leap.  Playing it safe is undoubtedly the easy path to take, but I know for a fact that happiness can't be found that way.  Ironically, when we push ourselves past our comfort zones - whether it be a diet, a job, or in this case, trying to publish a book - we find that odd satisfaction that makes the discomfort worth it.

Do I want to spend every minute of free time trying to figure out how to write query letters to agents
who may or may not ever read a word of my book?  Not really, but I have to, because I have set this as my goal and right now that is everything to me.  I have become one of those narrow-minded people who only wants to talk, write, and think about what needs to be done.

I'm annoying to myself at this point.

But I have decided to leap and there's no turning back for me now.  I only wish I had more time-energy-money to do more, and I personally want to thank everyone who has been behind me, pushing encouraging me to leap.

I'm not even sure it'll be worth it in the end, but that's the whole point to leaping.  We're never really sure the net will appear.  It requires faith and courage, two things that can be considered the wings of leaping.  

“The true meaning of courage is to be afraid, and then, with your knees knocking and your heart racing, to step out anyway—even when that step makes sense to nobody but you. I know that’s not easy. But making a bold move is the only way to truly advance toward the grandest vision the universe has for you.” ~ Oprah Winfrey

That, my friends, is the Oprah definition of leaping.

Happy Thursday...