When You Make A Big, Public, Brave Decisions...and you're so SO wrong

Me: Elephant, no!  What are you doing? 

Elephant: I'mma jump off this cliff. 

Me: WHY? You're too big, the fall alone may kill you. Elephant, this is not wise. Trust me. 

Elephant: Nah, I got this. Here, hold my beer. 

You know what?  At least once, you're going to make a big, scary, brave decision (hopefully wise unlike that elephant) and you're going to do so with gusto and bold proclamations.  And you're going to be wrong.  Publicly wrong.  

And that's ok.  

You don't have to be embarrassed for trying, it wasn't even the wrong thing to do because you did it; it's done.  On the way down, when you realize you're about to smash into the rocks, you don't have to feel like a fool.  

In my eyes, the foolish thing would be sitting on your tooshy and making no decision at all for fear of being embarrassed/wrong.  

Or sitting back and judging everyone else's big jumps, then laughing at them as they hit the rocks below.  

Or sticking to your guns, insisting "it's fine" when it's so easy to just stand up and start over. Admitting you need to start over may have been the point anyway. 

It's so amazing to see people change 

their minds unapologetically 

because such is life. 

One of the most beautiful 

sentences in the world is, 

"I was wrong; 

now I'm going to make it right."  

Hitting the rocks is NOT the worst thing that can happen.  The worst thing that can happen is dying as you sit at the top of the cliff, discouraging anyone else from jumping because you don't want to live and die alone as people jump around you.  

SO GO JUMP, PEOPLE!  

You may fly, you may hit the rocks, you may feel empowered, you may feel embarrassed.  It's ok.  Just don't be that person sitting on the cliff pointing fingers at and discouraging other jumpers.

Me: Mr. Business Man, what are you doing? 

Mr. Business Man: I'mma jump off this cliff. 

Me: The fall alone may kill you.  Are you sure?

Mr Business Man: Nope! See ya down belooooooooooowwww