At work I get to take kids (or adults) roughly 35 + feet in the air and challenge themselves daily. Before this experience we "front load" or have them think about goal setting, risk taking, challenging themselves, and supporting others. Or course we have a ropes course contract and triple check all equipment too, but that's not as important.
When participants are up there I love it, because I can be silly and fun as well as immediately helpful and always encouraging. I yelled down at a participant today after telling me their name to make their favorite dinosaur noise or tell me if they were a crayola crayon what color would they be? Directly followed by - what is your goal today?
At the end of the day we talk about our goals and if we reached them, if we set many goals, and or if we changed them along the way. Easy to say... easy to see on the course... harder to put into practice in normal life.
Our success triangle has 3 parts, goal setting, positive risk taking, and support.
My goal is to study more, blog more, and meditate more = basically improve my quite time. I know a formula of how, but am not doing it. When looking for support I look to some of the most important people in my life including my little sister. She calls/texts/facebooks me for advice and support and much of what she is asking are things I'd like to post here.
Tonight we watched "The Biggest Loser" a reality show about people who are overweight trying to lose the most. That's another thing I honestly need to work on. There can be so much somedays it's overwhelming. All I can do is place my life in the Lord's hands AND not give up, but pray, set goals, and surround myself with support.
I can do it. I can be better. In my spiritual life, physical life, musical life, and more. Not without work and not on my own.
