JuMPeR

Let’s keep it real…No one really knows the science of decision making backward and forward. You prepare to take your life one direction and are met with any number of interruptions, rabbit trails disguised as viable options  or worthy endeavors masquerading as fool hearty impulses.

How do you know when to jump, when to risk the trapeze act minus the net? I used to say, “You DON’T!” I’d rant on about the gross dilemma of attempting new things, starting a company, trying out for a team, blah blah blah. What if you attempt the unbelievable while “lookin’ like a fool with your pants on the ground.” Slowly, I’m realizing that those tirades were indicative of my control-freakish frustration of braving any new territory that requires a machete.

In places like the Amazon region of Brazil, the actual machete is an extremely effective tool/weapon to wield.  Interestingly enough, it is probably known more for its weaponized utility in times of revolution than its usefulness in cutting down rubber plants and overgrowth. Whatever the usage however, your arm aches at day’s end and if you are like me, when life initiates a revolution of sorts through crisis and abrupt change, we’re often too confused and disconcerted to take up our proper arms. To JUMP and CREATE in real life and in real time I’m finding that I need faith and fortitude. The faith allows me to look at the trajectory of my life’s events and see how I was divinely forged. The fortitude is the gumption needed to be enterprising, available to serve and competitive in the face of destructive forces. What great time in history to be a JuMPeR.