Unleashing the Leash

“Experience is a hard teacher, because she gives the test first, the lesson afterwards.”


I am especially thinking about this quote and a few others today for a number of reasons. For starters, I can attest that this past year has given me a fair share of tests, but what I’ve come to realize is more important…which is what I’ve done or better assumed…what I must do with the countless lessons that I have take from the experiences.

Realizing lessons are only of value when you use them to better yourself; I am convinced that it’s time to put them into action, not in the form of an annual resolution, but as my lifestyle constitution.

In the words of other noteworthy wise folk like Woody Hayes who said-there's nothing that cleanses your soul like getting the hell kicked out of you, and Robert Kennedy reminds me that –only those that dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly, and one of my all-time favorites-it is never too late to be what you might have been, George Eliot. I have garnered the advice from that of both old and equally wise counselors in my quest to find solace. Now, it’s up to me to follow through.

I am the first to admit that I am not one who hastily accepts change when it comes to my personal resolve. I am not sure whether that should be attributed to my own success/failures, instilled childhood beliefs or simply my stubbornness to accept change…whatever it is, it has kept me from walking on the wild-side of life. I have tamed this longing by trying “safe” new and different things to quench my desires. Now hoping not to have cheated myself…..I need to let my hair down (literally, I ‘ve been rockin’ this bun far too long).

Let’s really see what happens in Life.