Have you seen the movie "Shawshank Redemption"? It is one of my top ten favorite movies. I love the scene in the movie when Andy says to Red " I guess it comes down to two things either get busy living or get busy dying." This is made more profound because they are in prison and Red does not believe he can live outside the walls of the prison anymore stating "I am institutionalized now".
I know now your thinking not another prison metaphor, yup and here goes. If we get busy dying we are in prison in our own minds, we have given up, and built the walls ourselves. How many people live in fear of making a mistake, or in fear of making someone angry, or in fear of fear? I could go on and on with the different fears people use to check out of life. I say feel the fear and do it anyway. It does not matter if we make a mistake get back up and try again. Edison always said that he did not fail, he stated “We now know a thousand ways not to build a light bulb".
Have fun and fall down often. Checking in maybe scary but it is a lot more fun than checking out.
Have fun and fall down often. Checking in maybe scary but it is a lot more fun than checking out.
Greta Jaeger, LPC, CPLC
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blog.CoachingYourDreams.com
Nice post!
ReplyDeleteShawshank Redemption is one of my favorite movies and books. Most people don't realize that it was written by Stephen King and the movie script is taken practically verbatim from the book. It's really fine writing.
I've always been more afraid of dying without having really lived than I have been of failure and when I add up my successes and balance them with the failures, mostly what I see is a very full life.