Every time I have to face a situation that involves height it usually stops me. My first reaction is to move away from the place and hold myself somewhere. But as I am getting older I try to embrace my fears every opportunity I have. This day we were at The Lookout at the Pyramid & 28-Story Freestanding Elevator & Glass Observation Deck at the Bass Pro Shop in Memphis, TN.

There was a never ending elevator going up which has freaked me out before I even got there.

As we walked outside, I crawled and held myself at the base as we left the building and told myself I could never walk to the balcony…

What have you been telling yourself?

Empowering thoughts create strong feelings and impulse amazing actions…

That’s how I got to the edge and this picture was taken

Apparently I’ve inspired a lot of people that day and they have followed my path.

We need to pay attention to how we act we never know who is watching or following us… A few people came to talk to me and said they followed by steps, little by little one tiny foot in front of the other, not looking down the glass, neither the parking lot or the highway hundreds of meters underneath. They had FAITH. They copied me, focused on the horizon, on the vision and moved ahead, afraid, but confident that if other people could do, so could them… and they tried… and succeeded

To be BRAVE is to go for it in spite of fear – it is to make a conscious decision to do, to embrace, to take steps towards something you believe and want to. Just because I did not let fear stop me, look at the beautiful reward we were granted by God A gorgeous sunset!

Sadly, there are so many things we will never know what the outcome would be because we allowed our scared inner child stop us…

How many things we don’t experience and miss out because of fear!?

Today, I realize that what I want in life is up to me. There is no one in my way. If I want something, I know that desire is not enough. I need to do what it takes to be a winner, before I can win.

A very long time ago I’ve read “The Law of Success” from Napoleon Hill and learned The Philosophy of Success by heart (in Portuguese) – in English I don’t even know how to start… perhaps I should dedicate some time to it

I was touched by how someone was able to word in such a perfect way what I already deeply believed in my soul.

Before we start anything, we must see it complete, or it will not happen. There are so many quotes, books and testimonials out there reinforcing just that. Why go against the current, if using it in our favor can get us there faster!? – can you believe I just came up with this amazing quote!?

Envision whatever you are trying to achieve before you have any thought about how to do it. Then, make a decision to get it done – and that you can do it! And only after that get yourself in motion to take the very first step – only one – towards that dream.