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High Flying Faith

By Wendi Kelly 18 Comments

 

 

 

Back and forth. Small feet pushing into the air, reaching, calves and legs that stretch and then-pull back, commanding that pocket of air to follow along, backward, back, back and then swoosh…head thrown back, arms, fingers gripping the chain, full body press, and legs, feet , stretched-out toes, press to the sky, commanding the air, communing with birds, surpassing the top of the crosspole and before you take that eventual dip back one more time…you feel it…the sureness of it. The rush of it. The truth of it.

You CAN FLY. You were meant to fly. You were born to fly through the air on wings as birds.

You knew it as a child. You felt it. You believed it. You knew it on the swingset. You knew it standing on tree branches and perched at the top of the towers that you climbed. “Look at me…I can FLY!”

And in your dreams, you still know it is so.

So you fell a few times. Logic and the world around us tries to tell you it isn’t so.

You can’t fly…you aren’t a bird. You weren’t meant for greatness and dreams and faith. Put your feet on the ground and rest your mind on solid things….Isn’t that what the world tries to grind into us day after day, newscast after newscast?

I say…

Poppycock.

I came across this today. I wanted to share it with you. I wanted to remind you that once, we all KNEW we could fly. WE all KNEW we were capable of remarkable things. We all KNEW we possessed inside of us the greatness to achieve anything we put our minds, actions and faith to.

CAN, WILL and BELIEVE, My friends.

Together!

 

YOU CAN FLY IF YOU WANT TO

You can fly if you try, you can soar with the eagles if you dare, or you can run with
the turkey’s who don’t care.

You can be a total winner even if you’re a beginner, if you think you can you can, if
you think you can, you can.

You can wear the gold medallion, you can ride your own Black Stallion, if you think you can you can, if you think you can, you can.

You can raise your C’s up to A’s and your F’s to D’s maybe even be in the school
play, if you think you can you can, if you think you can, you can.

It’s not your talent or your gift at birth, it’s not your bank book that determines your
worth. It isn’t in the color of your skin but it’s your attitude that lets you win.

You can go beyond exhaustion, you can win the marathon in Boston, if you think
you can you can, if you think you can, you can.

You could have finished off Darth Vadar, you can out debate Ralph Nadar, you can profit through inflation and you can direct this nation, if you think you can, you can.

It doesn’t matter if you’ve won before, it makes no difference what the half-time
score. It’s never over until the final gun if there was one so you keep on trying and
you’ll find that you’ve won.

You grab your dream and then believe it, go out and work and you’ll achieve it if
you think you can, you can, if you think you can you can.

You believe in God and you’re half-way there, you believe in your family and you
country and you’re three-quarters there, and then you believe in yourself and you’re
nine-tenths there, but you believe and you’ll become that by which men and women
live…which is the most powerful thing of all; and that is FAITH – it is the moving
cause of all action.

~Denis E. Waitley with Darol Wagstaff

Wendi Kelly

Wendi Kelly is a coach who helps her clients transform their mindsets, strategies and habits so they can go from confusion to clarity and fill their lives with love, joy and productivity. Need to get your mindsets clear so your life and business can get on track? Contact Wendi and have a chat about how she can help you turn around your patterns and lifestyle once and for all!

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Comments

  1. Olivia says

    October 30, 2008 at 4:10 pm

    This time I got in and see the Eagle for first time. Love him.
    Er, her?
    Anyway, saved on favorites and will see if it stays or no?
    I do believe it has to do with AOl (which I am signed onto as carrier for free). . . . eliminating their boards, some chats, etc.
    My Journal went bye bye a week ago.
    Ouch!
    Hugs,
    Ms. O

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  2. Wendi says

    October 30, 2008 at 4:16 pm

    Olivia,
    gasp,
    your journal? I hope everything was backed up elsewhere?
    I am SO done with AOL. I think they are imploding on themselves.

    Reply
  3. Vered - MomGrind says

    October 30, 2008 at 4:21 pm

    Thank you Wendi. This is beautiful. It’s sad how adults become careful and suspicious and restrained and stop believing in themselves.

    Vered – MomGrind’s last blog post..Should “A-List Bloggers” Close Comments?

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  4. Jamie Simmerman says

    October 30, 2008 at 6:31 pm

    Wow Wendi, that’s simply beautiful. I’m sending it along to a friend who could use it today. Thanks. 🙂

    Jamie Simmerman’s last blog post..Missing Rita

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  5. Writer Dad says

    October 30, 2008 at 6:36 pm

    Hi Wendi,

    Okay. I’ve read this twice now today. Once from my reader, the other from my comments.

    Absolutely beautiful… and timely. Thank you ever so much.

    Writer Dad’s last blog post..She’s Mighty Dog In Her Mind!

    Reply
  6. Patricia says

    October 30, 2008 at 8:23 pm

    Great post.It reminds me of a dance teacher who once told me (I was 7) “Don’t say that you can’t,It’s that you don’t want to”
    I always remember her words to keep on working
    Thanks

    Reply
  7. Melissa Donovan says

    October 30, 2008 at 10:24 pm

    This is uplifting in more ways than one 😉

    Melissa Donovan’s last blog post..Rhetoric 101

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  8. Barbara Swafford says

    October 30, 2008 at 10:48 pm

    Hi Wendi – This is so beautiful and inspiring. I love how the poem keeps repeating, “if you think you can, you can”. That is so true. We need to believe we can.

    Barbara Swafford’s last blog post..How To Survive A Bashing In Blogosphere

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  9. Lance says

    November 1, 2008 at 9:18 am

    Wendi, I love this! What a powerful reminder that we can accomplish whatever we desire! What we knew as kids was right – we CAN fly – and we just need to remember that more often as adults…

    Lance’s last blog post..The Soundtrack of Our Lives

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  10. Kathy @ Virtual Impax says

    November 2, 2008 at 6:57 am

    THANK YOU!!!

    Even though I “know” this, I still need to be reminded – more frequently than I’d like to admit!

    I’m going to post a post-it note on my computer monitor that says POPPYCOCK to serve as a reminder!!!

    Again, THANK YOU!!!

    Kathy @ Virtual Impax’s last blog post..Steps to Starting a Small Business: #2 – The Implementation

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  11. Evelyn Lim says

    November 3, 2008 at 8:51 am

    I like this post very much. We often believe that we are not meant to fly. But it is more likely that we have forgotten that part of ourselves, which can really be Bigger than what we currently are. Let us pick up our wings and soar!

    Evelyn Lim’s last blog post..Can You Read My Mind?

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  12. Stacey / Create a Balance says

    November 4, 2008 at 9:42 pm

    Thanks for these uplifting words today. I needed them today more than you’ll ever know. You right, I can fly to great heights!

    Stacey / Create a Balance’s last blog post..Top Ten Signs I May Always Look Pregnant

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  13. Wendi says

    November 5, 2008 at 12:55 pm

    Stacey/CaB
    So glad I can be there when people need it. That means everything to me. I will be sending you prayers of strength today. 🙂

    Reply
  14. Wendi says

    November 5, 2008 at 12:56 pm

    Everyone: PLease excuse my terrible delay in comments! NaNo and directing the play is kicking my schedule to the curb! Here I am I swear!

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  15. Wendi says

    November 5, 2008 at 12:59 pm

    Evelyn,
    Yes, you know, I think that one of the things I love best about journaling is that it makes me realize how much I forget-over and over! Then I read what I wrote and I remember and I say- hey silly! You did this already, you don’t want to re-learn that do you? Shape up! Otherwise, sometimes we just keep going in circles and don’t see our own patterns.

    Reply
  16. Wendi says

    November 5, 2008 at 1:01 pm

    Kathy,
    Thank you and welcome to our gang! We hope you will stay and join our growing community. We all need these constant reminders!

    Reply
  17. Wendi says

    November 5, 2008 at 1:02 pm

    Vered,
    It is sad that we become jaded…we need to remember what it was like to see the world through the eyes of a child.

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  18. Wendi says

    November 5, 2008 at 1:07 pm

    Writer Dad,
    Thanks for the twice-over! That’s really nice!:)
    Patricia, My mother was big on “There’s no such thing as can’t, there is only won’t and you better have a darn good reason why not or else!” ( insert evil Italian eye glaring down at us )

    Melissa, Barbara and Lance,

    Thanks guys, I am glad you all liked it. That means a lot…I am glad we all have each other to lift each other up and remind each other!

    Reply

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