“It Gives You Wings” is a slogan of a very popular “energy drink”. I won’t say the brands name because I don’t want to promote this or any other energy drink because I believe they are harmful to the user. I do however love the slogan, “It Gives You Wings”.
To have wings is to be able to lift oneself above the fray of day to day life. To have wings is to trust that even when you step over the edge and start to fall that you will be able to recover and lift yourself up and climb to new heights.
I love this quote by Ray Bradbury “First you jump off the cliff and you build wings on the way down”. This quote eloquently states that we have to trust in ourselves and even if today we do not have wings that we should not allow this to stop us from taking the next step, even if that step appears to be risky because we have the ability to build our wings on the way down and then swoop up and fly! This is such a very important thought because it illustrates that everything does not have to be “just right” or in place before we take that step. We all know that sometimes when we are in our darkest of moments the thing that keeps us in that dark moment is inertia which is fueled by fear. The key to overcoming that inert feeling is to trust that even if we can’t find our wings at the moment that we can build them on the way down.
Sometimes we look in wonder upon people who seem to be in a situation of despair yet they find it in themselves to keep on keeping on, they smile even as their world seems to be breaking apart. We are amazed by their seemingly unshakable spirit and we wonder how they do it. Victor Hugo stated it very well, when he said “Be as a bird perched on a frail branch that she feels beneath her, still she sings away all the same, knowing she has wings”. When one knows they have wings the world can crumble from beneath that person however there are no worries because they know they are not in peril for they can spread their wings and fly to safety.
Where ever you may be at this moment, whatever state of being that you are in, take a moment and know that you too have wings or have the ability to build your wings on the way down. Know that you are spirit without limitations and that you are much more than your physical form. You my friend have wings! Today remember your wings, spread them and take them out for a test flight. Trust in the love that is you and know that all will work out for you.
In my darkest of days I have always known that this too was happening for a reason and that I had wings that would take me above this and that all would work out and I can tell you that everything has always worked out for me, always! I live a winged life and the view from where I am is beautiful!
Today I encourage you to shake off that which is hiding your wings from your view and join me in flight. Be the love that you are, Love – It Gives You Wings!
~ The Naked Soul
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