I watched a tree frog jump from the safety of the honeysuckle vine, through the air, and 
land on a leaf of a lily. Tree frogs are tiny. About the size of my thumbnail. Yet, he leaped, after a bit of preparation, straight through the air from a secure perch to a leaf that wobbled and bent as he landed on it.
His preparation consisted of a bit of a neck stretch, a little bit of backside wiggle; he shifted his back feet a bit, and whoosh. Now that is an example of living with purpose! Through the air, several feet off the ground. I thought, what if he were the size of me? How far would that leap be for me?
Getting Ready to Get Ready
I tend to spend too much time preparing for something. Getting ready to get ready. That little frog got me wondering. What am I afraid of that I postpone a leap with busy work? What if I fail? Or, even more frightening, what if I succeed?
Overcome The Fear of Failure
What if I leap and my landing is wobbly, or I fall? How many times does the tree frog fail? 
Judging by the number of tree frogs in my garden – not very often!! Any leap in life means new directions. I have often read the phrase “take the road less travelled”, which is a leap of faith. Having done that enough times in my life, is there a point where the leap of faith becomes hard wired in me; to leap forward regardless of the possibility of failure?
Take a Purposeful Leap
The tree frog launches himself into the air with no possibility of returning during that leap. So, take a leap of faith, see where you land, and decide where you want to go from there. Make it a purposeful leap. Make it with mindfulness. Make it a habit to leap forward, and step by step, leap by leap, the distance between where you were and where you are now is a measure of your success.
I really like this post. It has spoken to me. I sometimes do take a little bit of time before I take the leap of faith, “getting ready to get ready” as you put it.
Great post and very inspirational. Keep up the good work,
Getting ready to get ready seems to be an unavoidable stage of development. It takes courage and knowing your purpose to plow through.
yes sometimes you just have to take a chance or you will never accomplish anything
Since on the path of mindful living, I am increasing the number of chances I take, and you are right on when you say never taking a chance you will never accomplish anything. I’m accomplishing more and more each day.
Yes, I think we all postpone something. Some more than others. I believe it’s the fear of failure, or success. A leap of faith is what we need to do most times. Everything we do in this life (failure or success) is just part of our learning/growth in this life.
Isn’t it interesting that it is often difficult to determine our fear – do we fear failure or success?