Success lies within each of us.
My friend told me a fascinating story. She went to a spa in Arizona, where you hike, meditate, and heal. It sounds like a marvelous combination of the physical and the spiritual. One of the things she did is to climb a pole. They put her in a harness and she climbed using stepping rungs a 25 foot pole and when she arrived at the top she was told that she should climb on to the top of it and stand up.
How do you possibly maneuver your body to climb up on such a small circumference with nothing to hold to hoist yourself up? It sounds impossible. How do you get one foot up and then balance at that height to place your other foot on top and stand?
She struggled. She was frustrated. She screamed that she couldn’t do this, that is was not possible, she cried. They kept encouraging her. And then she did the most remarkable thing.
She stopped. She focused her mind. She chanted to herself, “God loves me,” and she placed on foot on the circle, and then the other, and then she stood straight and completed the pole.
She then allowed gravity to propel her body back to the ground. Invigorated. Inspired.
She had tapped into a source of power that lay deep within herself to overcome her challenge. For her it was her faith in God. What is it for you?
I believe that we all have incredible strength which often remains dormant until we are challenged. And then, we uncover a piece of ourselves which allows us to soar and reach our ultimate success.
