Leaping... Looking up!

I have danced for about 14 years of my life. Since the beginning one of the fundimental skills I learned was how to leap. As a little girl my dance teacher would have us leap over records that were layed side by side on the floor. The goal was to jump over as many as possible and go as far as you could. Then by the time I was a varsity Belle, and senior in high school, the goal of our leaps were to get as high as possible with as much leg extension as possible. Although the expectations changed over the years, one critical element always stayed the same, "When you leap ALWAYS look up!"

Now as an adult I find myself learning to leap again. I have quit my current job in order to take a leap of faith and try to get my teaching certificate in order to teach special-ed. For the first time in a while I don't know what the future holds. All I know is a am going to try my best with my Savior and my family by my side I am taking the first steps towards my dreams. My heart is with this "special" community and I know I am destined to reach these people. I learn more from them than I could probably ever teach them. As I take these first steps I am just holding on to the wisdom I have gotten ever since I was a little three-year-old ballerina... "Always look up when you leap... and you will go higher and farther than you ever thought possible." There will be no looking down from here...:)