Time to Fly

It's Monday and the first day of March, so that must mean that spring is here! That is cause for celebration if nothing else is. Actually as I look out of the window I see a suspicious yellow thing glowing in the sky, having studied that phenomenon extensively I conclude it is the sun, with a bit of luck it will be making a few appearances over the coming months. Anyway enough of the small talk, I have a question for you all – can we fly?

I hear the collective scratching of heads as you read that question, so let me break it down for ease of understanding. Icarus flew, too close to the sun yet he flew, he had a goal to achieve and took his chance to fly to complete that goal. Do we challenge ourselves to soar above the clouds and risk our feathers melting in the heat of the sun or are we happy to be grounded and safe?

We are pretty unique in the great scheme of life, we have a choice to take that chance or not whereas nearly every other creation has to tentatively flap their wings, pop their paws onto unstable ground and face the unknown. We create our own environment, if we choose to stay in comfort zone there is nothing that forces to go beyond it, there is no-one pushing us out of the nest and telling us we have to go and hunt for ourselves or discover what is beyond our natural habitat.

The relative easiness of our environment is a comfort but at the same time it can create a fear – the fear of breaking free of our natural habitat. Knowing that nothing has to change without us making the decision, with no law of nature dictating that we will take that flight in my opinion holds us back.

I'm as guilty as the next person when it comes to not trying to set flight into the clouds, home comforts are far more appealing, there is a much reduced chance of anything going wrong in the surroundings you know. By the same token there is a much reduced chance of finding out what your full potential is, until one is open to risk you can't explore your full character.

Icarus may not of been successful but that doesn't mean we can't be, I'm prepared to flap my wings, it has taken a long time to get there but there is plenty time to come and making the most of it is all we can do. Remember we may have our feathers burnt but we repair much better than melted wax.


Take care my friends.


Enjoy today, look forward to tomorrow.