Widow's Walk

Widow's walk on the frontier of your horizon.

A widow’s walk; or widow’s watch, was a railed rooftop platform often with a small enclosed cupola frequently found on 19th-century North American coastal houses. The namesake, it’s been said, was derived from when wives of mariners would watch for their husbands’ return; often in vain as the sea commonly took the lives of the mariners; leaving the woman a widow.
  The vigilance of searching the horizon for signs of heartfelt hope is the fodder of many romantic novels, and yet are we all nothing less than those women of the past on that brink of anticipation; to the point of being slaves to our consuming anxiety. 

  The watch, on every personal frontier of belief; seeks confirmation. Posted, ever seeking, evidence for reward of a well throughout plan; along with a yearning to identify missiles of threat before they hit home. After all, what makes a dream into a nightmare, but the unexpected and undesired? Never mind that all of us are the evolutionary offspring of Timid Tim’s and Nervous Nellie’s, so it comes as no great surprise that our social order is based on the safe path of doing things; follow the practices that are comfortable and safe, (whatever that is). Those who disagree are adventuresome enough to go find their destinies, and are therefore, rarely heard from again. I’m reminded of one of Steve Jobs famous quotes: 

“…Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma — which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of others' opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.”
Which happens to work well nicely with another’s vision on Courage. 


“Courage doesn’t always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, “I will try again tomorrow”. Mary Anne Radmacher 

   All of that to suggest, give yourself a break and welcome some kindness into your life. Consider the many self imposed limiting living conditions you burden yourself with; and if you can’t meet them, it’s no great sin against God...it’s your ever insecure step towards evolving into who you desire to become.
Fear Not.