Comments on: Self-Made Successes are Exactly Like Unicorn-Riding Leprechauns https://escapeadulthood.com/blog/2015-11-15/the-apple-catcher.html Mon, 16 Nov 2015 12:13:02 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 By: Julie Williams https://escapeadulthood.com/blog/2015-11-15/the-apple-catcher.html/comment-page-1#comment-409958 Mon, 16 Nov 2015 12:13:02 +0000 http://escapeadulthood.com/blog/?p=28178#comment-409958 Thank you for such an amazing blog post! This message resonates so deeply in my life. I would not be where I am without all of the absolute amazing and incredible people in my life. Beautiful treasures who love lavishly and give generously. It is so hard to receive gifts without feeling like something of equal value is owed in return, but it is their generosity that inspires so many gifts to be paid forward to others.

When I looked at this work of art, I loved all of the open space between the fox and the apple on the tree. I saw that space as the size of the dream. There are many who would have walked by a tree or a dream that size and not even taken the time to go after the apple. But some of us set lofty goals and go after big dreams. While there may be distance and time and space in between where we are and where we’d like to get to, the dream is still possible. It may take time, patience, assistance of others and some tools & equipment that we do not yet have access to. It is not impossible if we keep our eyes open and focused, as well as holding our buckets out to collect what we can along the way.

]]> By: Mary https://escapeadulthood.com/blog/2015-11-15/the-apple-catcher.html/comment-page-1#comment-409943 Sun, 15 Nov 2015 17:33:17 +0000 http://escapeadulthood.com/blog/?p=28178#comment-409943 Thanks for sharing your thoughts and your art, Jason. I had to smile when I read about how difficult it was for you to accept help as the last time I saw your family at an event, I gave Lucy an unopened bag of cookies from the event. She looked at me and said, “Are you sure?” I told her that I was sure and that she would be helping me out by taking them. I have not ever had to convince a child to take a bag of cookies before. :) And it reminded me of the saying that the apple does not fall far from the tree. By the way, this piece of art with an apple reminds me of how much work it takes to have balance in our lives while keeping our eyes on our goals and trying not to fall.

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