Life Lived Large

It has really hit me lately that we only go through this life one time. We get one chance. One. Yet so many times we tiptoe through life like we're scared to death of somehow marring our fragile existence. We stand frozen in our fear waiting for the right moment to step forward. And that moment never comes.

What are we so afraid of? Death? Well, it's going to come someday, why worry? Failing? Almost guaranteed at some point. Making a mistake? Are we afraid of facing ourselves? Reality? Hope? What is it that holds us back from living this life with all the vitality and passion that we can dredge up from within our wilted souls?

What would happen if we left behind our fears? How would our lives look different? What could we accomplish - for others, for ourselves, for God?

Right now, I will make a pact with you: I am going to live life a big as I can. I am going to breathe deeply of cold air. I am going to go for it when others say it is impossible. I am going to believe in something far greater than myself. I am not going to let my life be limited by the steel constraints of what this world thinks is plausible. I am going to look for the path that requires faith. Forget the easy road. I am going to scream from the bottom of my lungs. I am going to leave behind my fears and bind them to the rock of lesser men, because I am going to move forward. When the wind is in my face, when I am out of breath, and when I can't move another step, when others' hopes lay dead along the path of broken dreams - I am going to live life large. I am going to take another step. Join me.