today

Standing on the beach, toes at that line where the water barely graces the sand. Sinking into the cool. Looking out over the waves and beyond. Glorious.

Standing atop a 14K mountaintop. Crisp, fresh air. Scenery stretching for miles. Still and quiet. Breathtaking.

Precious life moments when time stands still and the grandeur of creation is oh so evident are treasures to behold. Perhaps these are times that make us feel small, or perhaps these are the moments that remind us to dream big. It is nearly impossibly to feel limits when looking over the vast reach of nature.

We settle for ordinary, when it is in the reaching for extraordinary that we find and experience greatness. There is no one recipe to follow to achieve a life well lived. It does, however, require us to step outside of comfortable, embrace some unknowns and face some fears.

Starting small, inching forward--the dream is in sight. Reach. Fight. Go. Often the first step towards extraordinary is saying no to the lies you are believing, or even telling yourself. You can do it. You were made for great things. Negativity has no place in your life. Maybe that was yesterday, but today..today your heart is pounding and you know that complacent sitting is not on the agenda.

No.

Today you'll need your waders..

hereto forth and forevermore

What happens when faith stops posing as a noun and begins to act as a verb should? Going. Doing. Leaping. Believing. When prayers whispered on bended knee are followed by armor bearing warriors ready and willing to fight the good fight. The decision has been made, feet are moving forward. The troops have been loosed.

It is in the daring that the yes is worth the risk even when failure is a possibility. Because, you see, it's not always that what you are doing is wrong, but maybe the wrong lies in what you are not doing. What is failure anyway? And really, is it the failure that you will regret more..or the *what ifs?* Failure is not inevitable, it is not the only possible outcome. For truly it is often in the perceived failures that we find the greatest breakthrough. Perhaps your dream is only a risk away. Are you willing to say yes?

Let start something great. One decision. One step. One day at a time.