Preettyy Day ! :)

Last weekend was totally gorgeous !!!
It was around 50s outside, but with the sunshine and mild cool breeze, it almost felt like low 70s.. pretty, pretty, pretty ! How could you resist the big blue sky calling your name to go outside and play at this kind of weather ! And so we headed off to Lake Shore to embrace the beautiful weather and did some exercise (finally we realized we're a bit behind in our 2005 resolution).. nothing fancy, just some light jogging and.. rollerblading!! YUP, I decided to 'revisit' one of my greatest hobby back in my glorious days as a high school student.

Isn't it funny how you tend to think that whenever you're good at something... then, you're always good at it no matter what. Well, that exact thing happenned to me.

I remembered how I used to glide and fly on those tiny wheels.. and those memories created certain confidence and excitement in me. Confident that I can strut ALL those routines in no sweat.. and excited for those smooth glides I'll take and that wonderful feeling of actually rollerblading again ! OH this is Gonna be FUN !!

Well, when I actually put them on.. it turned out that it wasn't as easy as I thought i would be !

For starters, my feet was kinda stiff since it's been ages from the last time I rollerbladed. Second, those smooth glides didn't happen 100% since not all of the roads by the lake are paved perfectly. There were bumps here and there.. holes and uneven bricks which made me, well.. just didn't feel like gliding at all.. at times it's more of like.. walking in a really heavy shoes with wheels (that's a weird picture). After a while (and a painful fell) though.. I started to get a hang of it and everything started to brighten. By the end of the day.. at least I was gliding a little better than I was before. :)

Now after thinking about it.. isn't LIFE sometimes run that way ? Whenever you're going to go some place new.. do something you always wanna do.. or starting a new journey in life... You always have that excitement and certain percent of confidence that everything's gonna be alright. You're loaded with Faith and all the great things that God has done in your life.. and you feel good about it.. unmoved.. solid as a rock. And you expect that since this is something that God has given to you.. the road is gonna be as smooth as silk and everything is gonna be perfect and everybody will be happy, right ?!
WRONG! After some time living it.. you realized that it's not THAT easy.. it's not that simple. There're bumps and holes here and there.. and the road is wayyy far from smooth. You don't really feel like gliding and soaring in this new place... you feel like WALKING really slow.. and it feels like you're not going anywhere.

Once in a while you'll fell.. and then you have the option to either stay laying there on the hot dirty pavement.. or simply get up.. and try again.

So, the next time you feel like you're facing a brick wall, or when you're not so sure anymore whether God has placed you in your current position at work, country or whatever for a really good reason; Know this: Faith has no place for Fear. When you make mistakes or fail in something, just dust yourself off from any worries, confusion or doubt, learn from it and add another dose of faith by getting up and, try again.
Only then, you'll start soaring like an eagle... or gliding like a pro rollerblader, whatever you choose.