I've always been paralyzed by the need for perfection, never starting a task, goal, relationship, or anything that couldn't be perfect was my way of dealing with my inability to succeed perfectly.
So I have ended up a person with a life filled with few experiences, few great relationships and many underdeveloped talents.
Fortunately, God lead me to a man who will try anything, work towards any skill, no matter the difficulty, take on huge tasks with little hope for perfection and sometimes even completion. Yet after ripping my hair out from stress from watching such craziness, I have seen so many great things accomplished. Things I would have never thought possible. I have seen miracles falling into place because of his mere exercise of faith in stepping out into the dark realm of trying with the possible risk of failure. I have been inspired by the immense growth of a man who is not afraid to run in the race of life, and though he trips and falls, he's setting his stride, smoothing his gait and getting faster every day. While I'm still standing there at the starting line debating if the race is worth the entrance fee, for I know I can't possibly win, nor even finish on my own.
Yet, for the first time in my life, I want IN on the race anyway, I want IN for the journey, for the experiences I will have along the way. So with my crooked legs and knock-knees I've decided to start jogging and see where I can go.
3 comments:
Just be careful with the knees, you don't want to end up like mom. Your knees can hurt while your doing the activity but any joint pain should not linger 30 minutes after your completed task. Thats what my runner coworker read in a book anyways.
Unless this is all metaphorical, and if thats the case, go Jill!
Beautiful post. Lots of great thoughts.
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