A Cliffhanger

Have you ever seen a movie where someone is walking or running through a certain landscape and come upon a cliff. The music becomes more dramatic and the ground beneath them starts to crumble. They lose their footing and start to plummet down below toward certain death. However, they are able to grab onto a branch and end up saving themselves momentarily, even though the situation is still precarious.Then all of a sudden, someone appears at above reaching down their hand yelling from them to grab on. They try to reach up but won't let go of the branch completely because they don't trust they won't still fall. The thing is, yes...the situation is scary and can go one of two ways. But the opportunity to be pulled to safety is right there if only they let go of the branch. A lot of people find themselves in situations where they feel they are barely hanging on to a branch. They feel their grip slipping and immediately begin thinking the worst and sometimes focus so much on that, they don't take the time to look up and realize there is someone standing there with their hand outstretched screaming, "Grab on! I've got you!" They just can't let go of what they are hanging on to. In order for the situation to change, you have to let go of the branch. You have to let go to grab on to something better. If one hand is still grasping the branch and the other is holding on to what can pull you up and out, you have a choice to make. Don't give up. Letting go of things is hard, especially when you are uncertain of what will happen once you do. Will the hand be strong enough to hold you? Will you lose your grip and fall? That is where faith comes in. For things to get better, you have to believe that they can. Trust the strength in yourself and in the force pulling you up. Release what you are holding on to. Pull yourself up. And then stand on the edge, triumphant in your defeat of the cliff. Look around at the beauty. Things look a lot more stunning from the top of the cliff than they do when you're too focused on the branch. Your story can be whatever you want it to be. But you have to fight for it, you have to continuously reach for what will pull you to the top. You are living a story, don't let it be a cliffhanger.