Have you ever run across something in your possession and wondered why you kept it? Having moved within the past year, I've had opportunities to explore just that. At the moment, several Christmas ornaments grace my desk. Four of them are identical, unopened 2014 Swarovski annual snowflake ornaments I purchased as gifts for people I never ended up meeting (long story). Now, I have these collectible items (valued at $133 each on Amazon just now)
sitting in their triangular boxes mocking me for a former year's foolishly exuberant gift buying.
Those four boxes of crystal have me thinking that some things perceived as valuable in one way can also poke at vulnerabilities, cause self-doubt and even conjure self-defeating thoughts and behaviors. In short,
some things can weigh us down simply because we continue to hold onto them.
In ground school, I studied the dynamics of
thrust, drag, lift, and
weight. The F-16 C/D jets I maintained during my military career relied upon thrust from the single engine to propel them forward, to overcome the jet's substantial weight including fuel and payload, to create air pressure and stimulate lift, all the while avionics-equipped to minimize drag in its fly-by-wire system. Naturally, attachment of centerline fuel tanks, targeting pods, munitions, and the like would increase weight and drag forces. It's still arguably the most agile fighter jet in service, even with a full load; but compensation for the drag and weight differences are made
at a price. During sorties, though, the bombs and sometimes even tanks can be
released from the air over specified areas, significantly altering the dynamics once again, making the jet more efficient by landing time.
I have paid a price in available storage space and self-esteem with the ornaments I still have in my grasp. They will soon bless someone else's home, this time
outside their boxes, as I release them. In the releasing, I'll be realizing a
little less drag.
Jotting with Johnna:
- What items, activities, concepts, projects, or perspectives might be causing drag in your life?
- What step can you take today to release the weight of them?
- Is a mindset of scarcity, fear, or other limitation keeping you from dropping those things?
Remember: you are so very worthy of the evaluation and consequent elimination or delegation of anything keeping you from soaring! Consider, pray, and decide today how you will take action and enlist someone who will hold you accountable - a wingman.
Stay tuned. Stay focused. Stay well.
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