“My absolute favorite piece of information is the fact that young sloths are so inept that they frequently grab their own arms and legs instead of tree limbs, and fall out of trees.”
~ Douglas Adams
Every unfulfilled wish requires a reach. It’s unfulfilled because it requires a reach. And a reach risks a fall. What’s the solution? Consider falling inevitable.
Adopt the stance of the sloth, an animal that falls early and often. Start slow. Start low. Learn how to fall. Falling teaches. Risk. Fall. Learn. Risk. Fall. Learn. … Succeed.
The next time you dare to risk and you fall, pick yourself up, brush off the forest leaves and dust, and say out loud to yourself, “Oops! Wrong limb.” Then flex your new muscles and climb again.
Flickr photo credit: 20070814-014, by Raphaël Fauveau.
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