The Rope

There’s a rope attached to you. It’s tied around your waist. The rope hanging from you is long. Very long. And way at the other end of it is Hope, Recovery, Health, and Happiness. These four things are melded together to form New Life.

So, you’re at one end of the rope and New Life is at the other. But it’s up really high. And you’re down really low. How are you going to get to it?

Well, the first thing to remember is that if you begin to climb up to reach New Life and you let go…or you slip…or even if you fall all the way—you’re not going anywhere. Because you’re still attached to that rope. It’s tied around your waist. You’re okay. Sure, it’ll be tiring to begin your ascent again. But New Life is a great goal. You want to reach it. Sure, you might slip down the rope again when the going gets hard. But New Life is a great goal. You’ll want to reach it.

So you’ll keep going.

Use your strength. Use your desire. Keep looking up at New Life and know—really know—that you will get there. Believe.

And remember you are attached—tied—to it. You won’t fall away from it completely as long as you want to get there. The only way you’ll plummet way down—far away from New Life—is if you take your own two hands and untie the rope from your waist.

But you don’t want to do that, do you?

So don’t untie it. But…

You can let go. You can slip. You can fall. Give yourself room to fall. Room to slip. Room to climb. TIME to climb. And you’ll get there. You’ll reach it. Eventually.

It won’t be easy. It’s an uphill battle. It’s sometimes a struggle. BUT it’s also a triumph.

Think of this as you climb. Remember this analogy and feel secure.

And one more thing—at the top, where Hope, Recovery, Health, and Happiness are melded into New Life, there will be a lot of people cheering for you.

I’m one of them.

At Last

I wrote this (At Last) a few months ago in a particularly good mood. It's short and sweet, but it says a lot.

I position myself in the billowing breeze,

Just to see if I’ll waver,

And I say what I please.

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The triumph I feel when I stand on my own

Lifts me up to the sky

Unlike all else I’ve known.

(c) Arielle Lee Becker 2007

Hope you are all having a good weekend. There are only a few more days until Tell Your Tale Tuesday. I'd love to hear from you in any way...nosy questions, ponderings ,poetry, rants, etc....anything you'd like to know or share. Please email me! arielle.becker@gmail.com

Arielle

Possible

I hope you all enjoyed the first ever Tell Your Tale Tuesday yesterday. I know I did. I found it very empowering and inspiring in such a simple way--which is so wonderful.

Here is something I wrote yesterday. I feel very strongly about it so I thought I'd share it with you. Just consider it a...mantra, of sorts. A declaration. A personal proclamation to take to heart.

Recovery is possible.
It's not a guarantee. It's a possibility. It's not simple. It is difficult and sometimes seems impossible. It's not a one-step process. It's a multi-step process complete with twists and turns and bending roads...and roads you didn't even know were there. It's not the same for everyone. It's not always a happy process. It's not always a sad process. It IS empowering. It's not about pleasing other people. It is not about them. It's about YOU. It's not about perfection. It IS about emotion. It IS about honesty. It IS about self-discovery and self-affirmation. It's not about what you don't have. It's about using what you've got. It's not about hiding. It's about finding and displaying. It's not a quick-fix. It's a lifelong plan set into motion by truth and nurturing and self-love. It's not about external factors or environment. It IS about what's within. It is not crazy. It IS real.
Recovery is possible.

When I first read this over last night, I really felt every word. When I re-read it over again this morning I felt every word even more. I think re-reading this "mantra" is a good way to keep things in perspective.

Maybe I should post this permanently on the site somewhere...

Have a great Halloween, everyone. You are all constantly in my thoughts.

Arielle