Ready to Write My Next Chapter…Once I Figure Out the Details
For the last while – even for the last couple of years – I have had this restless feeling of wanting to do more than disability and accessibility-related work stuff. I mean, disability and accessibility will likely always be part of what I do because it comes as part of the package of life with cerebral palsy. But I want to do something more than that. Something bigger.
I knew I wanted to take what I have learned from my life with a disability to help other people experience their lives more fully. But I didn’t yet know exactly how to explain what that really meant or what that might look like.
That wasn’t until a few weeks ago…
Friends were over to celebrate Darrell’s birthday. They mentioned spending a month in Whistler while their house was being renovated.
I asked if they had done the zipline – the one I’m dying to do, once I figure out the logistics.
They replied they had walked up as far as the ticket booth, but they were scared to go any further.
I pulled out my iPad and played the video of me ziplining across downtown Vancouver:
They were amazed. Impressed. Bob asked a few questions.
Then Bob turned to Pat and said, "Hmm, maybe we could do that.â€
"THAT is what I want to do!" I heard those words so clearly. Darrell says he didn’t hear me say it aloud. I am not sure whether I did say those words out loud or if it was my inner voice that keeps getting me in trouble. Either way, I heard it.
The point isn’t whether Bob and Pat go ziplining, but rather that the next time they are standing on the edge of an opportunity and wavering, they go for it.
THAT is what i want to do in this next chapter of my life.
I’m not sure what shape THAT is going to take; my inner voice has yet to apprise me of the specifics. I do sense giving more (paying) presentations, with a motivational message, will play a role. My speaker site is in the works.
I welcome any thoughts you might have on figuring the specifics and next steps. Please share in the comments below.
To be continued…stay tuned.
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