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I am sitting on a ledge 70 feet above a river. I am trying to jump but am too afraid. My knees are so rubbery that I had to sit down. Across the canyon a group of young people are cheering me on. My friends John and Tim tread water in the river below and wait for me to do what they did easily a few hours before.
“You can do it!” the kids cheer.
“We’re getting cold down here,” John urged. “Jump already!”
Earlier in the day we were swimming upstream and came around a bend in the river. We found the kids taking turns jumping. John and Tim eagerly climbed the path up to the ledge and joined the kids and jumped. And jumped again. I have a fear of heights so I begged off. There was no pressure; no one teased me. I sat in the sun and was the cheerleader of jumpers.
We swam further up the river and as the afternoon waned returned. The kids were drying off and packing up to leave.
Suddenly, I knew I had to do it. I had to jump. Or at least try. I swam to the path, pulled myself out of the water, and began climbing up to the ledge. In truth, I was in a place in my life that required jumping from everything that I knew to be true. I was dying (spiritually) and I needed to jump but was as terrified of stepping into the unknown as I was jumping from the ledge. If I could jump, maybe I could step.
I sat on the ledge and shivered. I tried to tell John and Tim that I couldn’t do it but I was so afraid that I had no voice. I was so afraid that I could not stand to climb back down. And then, through my fear came a clear quiet thought: If you put as much energy into jumping as you are into the idea that you are afraid, you would have jumped already.
I do not remember the jump. I remember standing. I remember the calm and the ease of the step I took toward the edge. I remember bobbing to the surface to the cheers of the kids and my friends.
I will always remember that were I put my energy is a choice.
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The Direction of Intention 
Ah the power of INTENTION!!! Amazing story David!!
I remember as a young woman I was honestly convinced that my life was governed by my emotions. If I felt fear, or off colour, or even if I felt great, then that was how it was going to pan out for the day. I really believed I had no power over that! So I guess that made me a victim of my emotions.
I’ve learnt a bit since then, and this story of yours David just underlines what I’ve learned. By first setting the Inner Intention and then BEing what I want “out there” I can and do actually draw that to me. What a discovery.
Thanks for your powerful transformative stories.