Years ago, I fell down my basement steps. I had my phone in my hand, texting, lost my footing, and down she went.  I ended up with my ankle broken in three places, surgery, pins and rods and a spring and summer that year of recovery.

Never a confident person on my feet.  I often fall up steps, never quite judged a door frame correctly, and often fall or trip over nothing.  When I do these things, I am usually quite mad at the door frame for being in the same place all the time and will look back at the nothing I tripped over in disgust.  This has me always walking with my head down, looking at my feet.  Watching where I am going, eyes out for obstacles or that nothing, knowing where I am going, yet not looking ahead. The treadmill is no different.  Head down and find it difficult to follow along on a video workout because – the look down.

Lately I have been looking at this differently.  Why am I doing this?  Watching every single step.  Sure, it MIGHT keep me from falling, I MIGHT avoid that crack or nothing and not trip. The thing is, I am not looking ahead.  I am not seeing where I am going, I just know where I am going. I am not looking around and seeing the things around me very often.

We have all seen and heard these things:

                Head up!  Eyes Forward! Shoulders Back!  Walk with Confidence!

I have begun to consciously walk with all those things above.  I know where I am going.  I know I am on the right path of this life.  There are going to be things that might trip me up or slow me down. There are doorways in life that I might not correctly judge and bump into them on the way out or in.  I might fall on my way up, but guess what?  It is still heading up.  I might be down, but in what way? How long?

We know what we are doing.  YOU know what you are doing.  I believe that every human knows what they are built for. There are things that get in the way.  Life happens and takes us off a path.  Sidelines us.  Might even stop us. We hurt sometimes. Maybe we hurt all the time. Life can cause deep wounds that will always be there. Where bandage can be in the press forward. The falling up. Even in the falling face down.

Remember that the nothings of life are there too, to trip is up.  Look at those with disgust and keep pressing forward. Eyes up, shoulders back, head up, WALK in confidence. 

Bump a few door frames and WALK THOUGH.

Peace to you.