Touching the Sky, (On Top of the World)


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippe_Petit


It was a hot sultry day in August 1974 that one brave Frenchman attempted what had never been attempted before, a high wire act across the World Trade Center. It was  not once but eight times! Most of us would be aghast at the thought of walking to the top and leaning over the edge..

I have never been a big fan of open heights, I can inside of a skyscraper go up in the elevator and ride to the top.. but getting out of even a lighthouse and looking out over the edge makes me a little queasy Reading his story is nothing short of audacious and mind blowing when you consider and read what he had to do to accomplish the feat. While you read the link pause and refresh these points as they apply to your life, I gained an inspiration imagining audacious goals.

One this process took years.  It was not an overnite thing, He had meticulous plans from getting inside the building and partnering with several inside people.

     He needed the help of inside people to accomplish this, without the work of those who could help him, the impossible could not have been pulled  off. It took him 6 years of sizing up this project before he started.


  What seem impossible can be pulled off with meticulous planning.  Oceans eleven heist comes to mind, casino caper.


Philippe stepped into his dream visualized his dream, felt it smelled it,  walked in it, well before it actually happened.

When you engage your senses and continually imagine something, it makes it more likely to happen. Sure we cant all be champion tightrope walkers, but we each have something burning inside of us,,, that can be tapped!

In today's culture its the same hum drum get an education get a job mentality..Dreams are sometimes discouraged as nonsense, and some are, but we are programmed to be a slave to a clock and work, rather designing a life of our dreams. We all need  others that encourage and help us along the way, and most of all take it one step at a time, for this mountain ( the World Trade Ctr) was conquered by sheer unrelenting persistence and planning.

In no way am I discouraging a career and a job, but sometimes we have to let our inner child and launch out and take risks, to prove to oursselves that we can do more.

 Find your TOP OF THE WORLD!