Leap Day Friday 5

Tell us about a time you:

1. Leapt before looked
3. Took a Leap of Faith

~I'm going to answer these two together, because when I look back over the last 25 years or so, it seems to me that there is a fine line between leaping before I look and taking a leap of faith. Because, honestly, if I had looked TOO much as some of the things I took on, I probably would've talked myself out of them. I've done things that people (especially my family of origin) have told me that I couldn't or shouldn't do. But so far anyway, it's always turned out for the best (see my other Leap Day post and I think you'll see what I mean.)

2. Leapt to a conclusion

~More times than I can recount here....

4. Took a literal Leap

~I am a physical coward so I've rarely done this. Once long ago, I leapt into a white water raft almost paralyzed with fear, but I ended up having a good time. But overall I'm pretty cautious and I like both feet on the ground. I sometimes wish this weren't so, but I think it is just the way I am.

5. And finally, what might you be faced with leaping in the coming year?

~In a month or so I'll be leaping into grandmotherhood. And a year from June, the Kid will be graduating from high school. As I posted last fall, that will mark the first time in 28 years that I haven't had a child in public school. And when he goes off to college it will be the first time in my life that I've ever lived alone.

~And sometime in the next year I will more than likely be discerning where God is calling me to be and looking for my next position. Lots of leaping to be done!