You apply for a job and the deadline for applications has not come to pass. You extend an invitation and await a reply. You put yourself out on a limb and offer a suggestion that requires approval from another party.
The place in between yes and no gives you the gift of hope.
The word 'yes' opens up brand new doors and can be the beginning of many great things. Yes can be a springboard for new opportunities and has the potential to change the course of your life.
Yet 'yes' is sometimes a frightening proposition when it comes to something brand new. Are you up to the task? Is it going to be everything you hoped? What complications will this new dimension bring to your life if you are accepted? Sometimes it is a relief when the answer is no.
It is that place in between yes and no where you have an opportunity to dream and dare to hope. It is a safe place to be. Nothing has changed ... yet. You have yet to discover what is around the next corner and the impact it will have.
Sometimes that new reality casts a shadow on all that you dreamed it could be. 'Yes' isn't the end all answer. There is work to be done once you gain that approval.
There soon comes a plateau where you can look back on where you were, what you had and you appreciate it more from a distance. But that same plateau is a stepping stone towards where you want to go. Yes isn't the end. It is a new beginning and there is work to be done to keep climbing towards where you want to go.
I have become addicted to the idea of casting out a wide net which offers me unlimited room to dream and dare to hope. Both acceptance and rejection have the potential to paralyze me. So I must keep casting smaller nets as I move forward to keep from standing still.
Hope invigorates, energizes and inspires. Hope springs eternal ...
"We love to expect,
and when expectation is either disappointed or gratified,
we want to be again expecting."
~ Samuel Johnson
Great blog. Mental limbo is a great place to be.
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