Yesterday I posted this picture to my Facebook page with a statement above it saying, " I'm ready to fly..."
Tonight I picked up the book I am reading and found reference to this exact thing....
Chapter 5 - Untie Your Ropes:  "discarding" - getting rid of the things that will hold you back.
The writer of Hebrews put it like this: ....let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us.
We must discard whatever will hold us down.
We must discard the wrong priorities that keep us from what matters most.
Freedom starts with naming the ropes.
Sometimes our ropes are invisible to us.  Although we resent their limitations, we are secretly glad they relieve us of the burden of freedom and risk.
Sometimes we would rather complain about our ropes than untie them.
Sometimes we hide the real ropes under excuses.
The action you choose, to cut the ropes, has to cost you something.
In order to fly, you must first untie your ropes.....


All of this comes after another two conversations with Rob....  : (