Growth 4 min read Monkey Bars Sometimes you have to let go to move on. (Photo: flickr.com) Doâ âyouâ ârememberâ âplayingâ âonâ âtheâ âmonkeyâ âbarsâ âasâ âaâ âkid? Youâ âlikelyâ âreachedâ âoutâ âwithâ âaâ âmixtureâ âofâ âfearâ âandâ âexcitementâ âasâ âyouâ âfacedâ âtheâ âuncertaintyâ âof shiftingâ âfromâ âoneâ ârailâ âtoâ âtheâ ânext. Onceâ âyouâ âcrossedâ âtheâ âentireâ âsetâ âofâ âmonkeyâ âbars,â âthough, yourâ âconfidenceâ âsoaredâ âandâ âyouâ âwereâ âeagerâ âyouâ âtoâ âdoâ âitâ âallâ âoverâ âagain. Asâ âitâ âturnsâ âout,â âcrossingâ âtheâ âmonkeyâ âbarsâ âisâ âtheâ âperfectâ âanalogyâ âforâ âadvancingâ âyourâ âpersonalâ âand professionalâ âlife. Inâ âorderâ âtoâ âmoveâ âon,â âyouâ âhaveâ âtoâ âletâ âgo. Justâ âlikeâ âtheâ âmonkeyâ âbars,â âyouâ âcan’tâ âmoveâ âforwardâ âtoâ âtheâ ânextâ âstationâ âinâ âlifeâ âunlessâ âyouâ âfreeâ âone handâ âofâ âitsâ âcurrentâ âcommitmentsâ âandâ âreachâ âforâ âtheâ ânext opportunity.â âWhileâ âthatâ âfreeâ âhandâ âgrabs forâ âtheâ âfollowingâ ârail,â âyourâ âotherâ âhandâ âneedsâ âtoâ âanchorâ âyouâ âtoâ âtheâ âpresentâ âuntilâ âyouâ âhaveâ âlanded atâ âyourâ ânewâ destination. Inâ âlife,â âyouâ âmustâ âaimâ âforâ âwhatâ âyouâ âwantâ âwhileâ âkeepingâ âinâ âmindâ âyourâ âcurrentâ âsituationâ âsoâ âto notâ âovershootâ âandâ âfallâ âoffâ âcourse. Itâ âtakesâ âtimingâ âandâ âcoordination,â âcourageâ âandâ âfaith.â ââ âButâ âifâ âyouâ âletâ âgo,â âreachâ âforwardâ âandâ âgrab holdâ âofâ âyourâ âgoals,â âyouâ âwillâ âexperienceâ âtheâ âkindâ âofâ âjoyâ âtypically âreservedâ âforâ âtheâ âplayground. Most Popular Share your voice Related Doctors Told This Breakdancer He Would Never Walk Again He proved them wrong and danced again. Growth 1 min read Turning Trash Into Treasure What a repair shop can teach us about second chances. Growth 2 min read The Destructive Power Of Lies The truth will prevail. Growth 2 min read