Out On A Limb

I can't help it--I go out on limbs. While some people take logical, ordered steps through life, I more often decide things SHOULD happen, then scramble to accomplish all the parts to MAKE them happen. Why just sit under a tree or simply climb the tree when you can take it that one step farther to get what you really want?
 
The thing about limbs is that, while you may not lay any groundwork before you climb out there, you need to be quite sure to equip yourself with enough padding to be comfortable on the limb (because you might be there for a while) and to be safe if you fall. And while going out on limbs inherently suggests that you don't care about following the rules, it's worth at least some ground rules (or tree rules).
 
1. Make sure that what you're going out there for is worth it--not necessarily logically worth it, but definitely "heart of hearts" worth it.
 
2. If you're going out there in the first place, don't let any distraction on the ground, well, distract you. You won't get what you went out there for, and you will likely go "splat" in the process.
 
3. Don't think what you have to do on that limb will be easy. You went out there--plan to do what needs to be done to make it worth having gone.
 
4. Rest when you're done. Going out on a limb (as opposed to sitting under the tree) is hard. And since--if you're a habitual limb-goer like me--you will likely be doing it again soon, you need all the rest you can get.
 
5. Pat yourself on the back a little. It is much easier to say "no," to go with the flow, to back off the limb (or never go up in the first place). But much more satisfying, sometimes even exhilarating, to be out there. You certainly get to see more.
 
So long for now. I'm resting up for my next limb.