Someday, Yes!

I think I grow by pushing, reaching, imagining, achieving ... pushing myself into areas where I may have been reluctant to go ... reaching for new challenges ... imagining what it is like to "clear the crossbar" at a height I have never before reached ... achieving small increments of progress on which I can build.

I use the metaphor of the high-jump in this poem, because it encompasses the approach I used in training. It turned out that I was a better sprinter than jumper, but I still think there is something to be learned from the metaphor, of setting the crossbar higher, challenging myself.

As for dancing up out of the pit, I see that coming someday, not because I have become better than someone else ... that's not my aim ... but because I have simply become a better person as a result of setting my own goals and working toward them.

I'll keep trying ... and trying ... and trying. And someday ... YES!

Originally published in Capper's:

SOMEDAY, YES!

I keep setting

the crossbar higher

on personal goals,

practicing harder

on my approach,

take-off, landing,

working toward

that height

my mind's eye

sees as my limit,

that level I will

someday clear,

adrenalin pumping,

glitter of sawdust

showering off me

as I come dancing

up out of the pit

into the circle

of winners. Yes!

© 1998

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Today's word: increments