LOVE WORKS DAILY 05/09/07 - FEAR OF FALLING

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LOVE WORKS DAILY 05/09/07 - FEAR OF FALLING
 

May is here, and love is in the air...well, actually
Love is always in the air...if you just take the time
to stop and breathe some in!  Love to you!
 
 
INSPIRATIONAL MOMENT:
(Great Thoughts By History's Inspired Thinking Men and Women)
 
Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear --
not absence of fear." -- Mark Twain
 
TIM's BLOG
(Random Thoughts and Tim's Daily World):
 
Today's essay was written in the fall of 2005.  Winter was
about to hit and the roof HAD to go on.  And I HAD to be
the one to do it.
 
It's nice to see how far one can come.
 
A decade ago, I was paralyzed in a myriad of fears.
 
And although a little fear is healthy, alot of fear just keeps
you locked up inside yourself and away from others.
 
Have a great one!
 
 
 
FOOD FOR THOUGHT:
(Brand New and Classic Love Works Essays 2001-2007)
 
Well, I put on another roof this last weekend.  Some of you may
remember my story of putting the roof on the last house.
 
First, I had to conquer my fear of the ladder, and then my
fear of the roof,  and then my fear that I would not be able to
complete the job. 
 
Fear after fear after fear.
 
It was strange putting on this new roof.
 
I still has some worries about my ability to do the job right.
This time I was not putting on a 3-tab shingle roof.  This time
I was installing metal roofing.  1400 square feet of it.  And
I had never worked with metal before. 
 
Luckily, the company we bought it from, sent all the right stuff, all
the right lengths and it was just putting it together.
 
Now, it wasn't easy.  It took 3 of us, all working together, three days
to do it.
 
But the key for me,  was that I was NOT afraid.
 
I had some fleeting hesitations. But no fear.
 
I had conquered some fear that was conquering me just a few years ago.
 
This roof, unlike the last one, was over 12 feet tall at the peak,
and I am working out in the middle of nowhere 40 miles from a hospital,
on a slippery roof made of razor sharp metal....leaning over the edges
and climbing up and down and up and down....
 
and yet....no fear.  I would be OK.
 
Truthfully, I did fear I would fall asleep on the third day
and slide off the roof.  But just from exhaustion.  Not actual fear.
 
A couple months earlier, while installing siding up in
a rather high place....my ladder twisted and collapsed under me
and I fell crashing to the ground.
 
I had some rather big bruises for a while.
 
But I remember,  even in the falling, I was not afraid.
 
Other people were really afraid, but not I.
 
I remember the ladder starting to fall...and then there is this
suspended moment in time...You know what I mean?...that moment when
you realize you are about to have an accident....it's too late
to stop it....but you haven't quite had the accident yet....and
time just stops for a moment...
 
That's happened to me many times....it's that "Oh Sh&T!" moment...
and you know you are really screwed but there is nothing you can do
about it.
 
Well anyway,  I remember in that moment suspended in midair thinking..
"This is so strange...Why am I not afraid?...Oh well,  they will
be able to re-attach whatever gets severed in the fall!...Modern
medical science is amazing."
 
I kid you not. My actual thoughts.  Don't panic. The doctors will
put you back together.
 
A long way from being afraid that I would fall from a roof 8 feet from the
ground onto a grassy yard....and not survive.
 
Maybe that's what I learned this year with this roof..
 
At some point, we have to get over our fear of falling.
 
Because no matter how hard our life is,  how bad the pain or the
accident. No matter how terrible the tragedy.  No matter how far we have to fall.
 
Somebody, somewhere can and will put us back together again.
 
There is nothing to fear.  Actually.
 
So what if we fall?
 
Everybody does.
 
It will be OK. 
 
And this can't stop us from getting on a roof sometimes....to
see what is up there!
 

Love In Thought! Love In Word! Love In Action!
 
Love To You Today!
 
 
 
"May we endeavor today to increase our understanding and appreciation of
what others have given and contributed to us. And develop constant,
mindful consideration of how our thoughts and actions will BENEFICIALLY
CONTRIBUTE to others"
 
The best to you today in discovering the answers to life's difficult
questions!
 
 
 
A Final Thought:
 
Love is always the right thing to do. Even if it isn't the easiest
thing to do.
 
May we have compassion for the struggles of others, wisdom to
acknowledge our own, and courage to address them both every day.
 
Respectfully,
Tim
 

This is a daily newsletter of LOVE WORKS DAILY:
A collective of individuals of different beliefs and
backgrounds, dedicated to a better world by living LOVE in thought,
word and action. Compassion. Wisdom. Courage.
 
 

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Nam Myoho Renge Kyo
Peace be with you.
 
LOVE WORKS DAILY 10/18/05
(c)2007 T.Thomas Henry
 
 
 
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