What is Your Cliff?
Everything you do requires motivation. Some people say the hardest part of doing anything is starting. But I'd disagree. I think the hardest part of persevering through something is to keep going, no matter how old you are. To tell yourself to keep working towards your goal, and to never give up. I've been through many times where I wanted to give up. But today I'm just focusing in on one time.
I was standing on a cliff. Well, it seemed like a cliff when I was only 6 years old. Everyday at recess I would stand on the play structure and watch other kids slide down the pole and run off with their friends. And everyday I would try and fail to do it myself. I knew I could do it. Everyone else in my class could, and why couldn't I?
It seemed like the biggest thing in my life at the time. So one day, I decided I would do it. I would face my fears and slide down the pole at the top of the play structure to the ground. This involved enlisting the help of my best friends and watching them slide down and around to the ground. Once I was worked up enough to do it myself, I stepped up to my own personal cliff. The wind on that spring day was picking up, so my hair blew up around my face while I grasped onto the handle as if it was my last and only hope. Behind me, my friends cheered and called out advice. After a minute or two of contemplating my options, I held to the pole even tighter. In one swift move, I lifted off the platform and wrapped around the pole. I started spinning fast around the pole, and my heart sped up just as fast. My friends still stood at the top of platform excitedly while I flew down to the ground in one quick movement. When I reached the ground, I set my little decorated Twinkle Toes shoes on the ground and jumped up and down on the wood chips. I had actually done it. I had jumped off my cliff, and even though it was the most normal thing that anybody could do, it was wildly impacting for me. I didn't just go down a pole, I boosted my confidence as well. Even as a 6 year old, you have your own goals, and reaching them feels worth it.
That's my story. That's my personal cliff. I think that everyone has their own cliff, and everyone has different things that scare them, or take effort to achieve. So, I ask you, what is your cliff?
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