"I am deathly afraid of heights. A fear of heights is primal and resides in your body defying logic. While I have no problem flying all over the world in planes of all sizes, anything that involves looking over a ledge is paralyzing to me...
...When we came to the zipline portion of the excursion, they asked that everyone who felt they might not be able to do it, to please go first, because they would have to drive us back. There were only two scaredy cats in the bunch, and I was one of them...
...When I got to the top a girl young enough to be my daughter, leaned in to me and said, 'You’re going to be okay.' I nodded silently. 'Your boys are looking up at you right now and you’re going to jump and they’re going to be so proud of you!' I was fighting back tears because I could hear them below shouting, 'We love you, Chicarita!' She finished clipping me to the line and said, 'I’m going to count you down and then you’re going to step off and fly. You just have to make me one promise, okay? I want you to keep your eyes open the whole way, it’s so beautiful and I don’t want you to miss a second.'
I jumped off the platform full of fear and glided over treetops with my eyes open the whole way and the fading sound of my boys’ voices filling the distance with celebration at my small act of courage...
...That girl young enough to be my daughter, weighing no more than a pixie and working in the jungle is not so different from me after all. I create a space that is safe for people and help them harness the courage to jump and watch them fly. I locate their courage, guide them, and let them know that they have it in them even if their terrified or lost.
I don’t cure diseases or solve world hunger, but I am able to help people fully realize their potential and overcome obstacles that impeded their success." -A.M. Houghtailing, Sept. 2011
Excerpt from 'Your Life's Work,' by Ann Marie Houghtailing, founder of The Millionaire Girls’ Movement, aiming to mentor girls to help them to culture their own successful careers.
http://www.millionairegirlsmovement.com/2011/09/your-life%E2%80%99s-work/
Note: Bold and underlining above were added for emphasis
...When we came to the zipline portion of the excursion, they asked that everyone who felt they might not be able to do it, to please go first, because they would have to drive us back. There were only two scaredy cats in the bunch, and I was one of them...
...When I got to the top a girl young enough to be my daughter, leaned in to me and said, 'You’re going to be okay.' I nodded silently. 'Your boys are looking up at you right now and you’re going to jump and they’re going to be so proud of you!' I was fighting back tears because I could hear them below shouting, 'We love you, Chicarita!' She finished clipping me to the line and said, 'I’m going to count you down and then you’re going to step off and fly. You just have to make me one promise, okay? I want you to keep your eyes open the whole way, it’s so beautiful and I don’t want you to miss a second.'
I jumped off the platform full of fear and glided over treetops with my eyes open the whole way and the fading sound of my boys’ voices filling the distance with celebration at my small act of courage...
...That girl young enough to be my daughter, weighing no more than a pixie and working in the jungle is not so different from me after all. I create a space that is safe for people and help them harness the courage to jump and watch them fly. I locate their courage, guide them, and let them know that they have it in them even if their terrified or lost.
I don’t cure diseases or solve world hunger, but I am able to help people fully realize their potential and overcome obstacles that impeded their success." -A.M. Houghtailing, Sept. 2011
Excerpt from 'Your Life's Work,' by Ann Marie Houghtailing, founder of The Millionaire Girls’ Movement, aiming to mentor girls to help them to culture their own successful careers.
http://www.millionairegirlsmovement.com/2011/09/your-life%E2%80%99s-work/
Note: Bold and underlining above were added for emphasis
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