Almost everyone has seen this Helen Keller quote: “Life is either a daring adventure or nothing. Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature.”
Keller, of course, overcame tremendous odds to become a living example of courage and persistence. She had to manifest security from her core – little reliant on the kinds of things that many of us have used to simulate security.
Times of loss and great challenge reveal the degree of self-security that a person possesses or can access. Have you ever personally experienced – or observed – great loss having an impact on feelings of security . . . one way or the other?
How able have you been to follow Keller’s example? Are her words just talk, or can we create a grand adventure from adversity and learn to be secure in our ability to get through tougher times?
Pretty words . . . or words to live by? How can her observation be translated into reality in your life?
Copyright 2009. E. B. Hutt Bush and Coaching for Results, Inc.