The Kite And YOU


This afternoon we took Katie down to the beach to fly her new kite.

Now...even though it was probably the cheapest one we could find...it STILL was capable of coasting, dipping and diving as the wind dictated.

Except when Katie failed to keep its 'nose' up.

Then...it would just come crashing down sending sunbathers scattering...and then embed itself into the pebbles on the beach.

This happened even though the wind was ALWAYS there.

One chink on the string in the wrong direction...and the whole fly-ability of that kite would fall apart in less that half a second.

Are YOU trying to go AGAINST the wind instead of WITH it?

It's easily done, of course.

For example...isn't it so much easier to see what you do wrong than acknowledge what you are great at?

I know...I have that very same problem!

We forget that firstly, we DO have talent...and secondly, that we HAVE made progress (I hope) from this time last year.

Be like that kite when it's facing the wind...go for it for all you're worth!

And...when the wind changes and your nose drops a little...and you feel as if you are crashing down back to where you started, just remember one important thing...

That wind will ALWAYS be there as soon as you get back up there again!