Passion Party #479 - Fear Of Flying (Part 2)

Icarus received his wings from his father.

Everyone remembers his father’s warning about flying too close to the sun –

You might get burned, like the moth attracted to a flame.

But people forget his father’s second warning, about

flying too close to the water, where the waves might affect the lift of the wings –

You might drown by flying too low

 just as easily as falling from the sky if you fly too high.

We follow our fear of flying too high

With the willingness to fly too low

Staying too safe

And in the end

Settling for too little.

The middle path

Is not one of reckless stupidity

or mindless compliance.

It is one of being willing to risk,

Flying higher than you ever thought imaginable

On the shoulders of our fathers

In a world where everyday

the impossible

becomes possible.