free-falling
y’all believe or not, if weather permits this weekend i’m going skydiving….that’s the plan….me…jumping out of a plane. with a parachute. *gulp* actually, i’m pretty excited. i’ve had this list of things that i want to do before i die and skydiving has always been on it. i figure there’s no time like the present to start checking off my list, so here goes.
my friend, who is a skydiving fanatic, has been using every excuse in the book to get me to try it. but i finally acquiesced when he told me that the experience would be symbolic. and anybody that knows me knows that i’m all about signs and symbols.
i’ve been going through a really tough time this year. i’d come to the point in my profession where i didn’t know whether i was going or coming. i felt as though i’ve spent the past 10 years spinning my wheels like a little gerbil in a cage. but at the same time, i’m so hooked on the security of my job that i couldn’t see where else i could go that would grant me financial stability.
sure, i’ll be going back to school in a year but then what? the same old, same old? and what would i do w/ my next set of professional credentials? absolutely nothing. but then, about 8 months ago ideas began to form and things began solidify. and about a month ago multiple doors opened and blessings seemed to just fall into my lap!! it has been like a dream come true!
i’m so excited. although i still have about another year and a half to be tied to my current job, i finally have something to call all my own…and still maintain financial security!
it’s still kind of scary though…changing from knowing that no matter what i did my contract would always be there to knowing that i have to rely solely on God and my networking skills to keep me afloat. but so far, so good! in the next year or two, i’m going to begin the process of finding a balance between “security” and “surprise”. it’s kind of like free-falling!
regardless of the weather or whether (no pun intended 
) or not i actually do get up the nerve to take the “symbolic plunge”, my literal one is already a reality. weeeee!! lol!!
yipeeeee!!!! Have fun!
Comment by Heartdrops — October 21, 2007 @ 7:50 pm
Aaaawwwwww. Keep doing what you do! May God continue to bless you girl!
Oh… P.S. I moved again… for the last time! lol
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Comment by Young Miss — October 22, 2007 @ 8:31 am
That could never be me. I’m afraid of heights.
Comment by Nikki — October 22, 2007 @ 9:54 am
nevermind the skydiving (which i hope went well), what’s this about taking a leap of faith? those are the best kinds of leaps, beloved! i am in your cheering section whenever you need it.
Comment by glory — October 23, 2007 @ 12:16 pm
How’d this pan out??
What business you doin’? If you tell me you’re selling Noni Juice and ’bout to quit your job’, I will choke! Oh wait, I think you sent me an email about it.
Comment by Hostess — October 24, 2007 @ 4:16 pm
Congratulations on the sky diving and your new possibilities!!! I’ll have to live that one vicariously through you as you won’t see me plunging off of any planes willingly.
Comment by A — November 9, 2007 @ 10:12 pm
Just wanted to wish you a HAPPY BIRTHDAY since you’re obviously not gonna post any time soon. I’ll e.mail you too. Gotta cover all bases. LOL
Comment by Young Miss — November 10, 2007 @ 2:40 pm