If I Were Brave

What would I do if I knew that I could not fail
If I believed would the wind always fill up my sail
How far would I go, what could I achieve…

Trusting the hero in me

If I Were Brave, words and music by Jana Stanfield and Jimmy Scott

Amazing sunset view seen while riding back from the marina off Maria.

This morning it is still dark as I am enjoying the quiet activity here on the canal on Pine Island, savoring the last few mornings in this magical place. I just read a very touching chapter in My Grandfather’s Blessing, by Rachel Naomi Remen, M.D. It is titled simply, “When It Works.”

Rachel was an intern, working in an emergency room, when an unconscious infant was brought in. He was found to have a profound electrolyte imbalance and an irregular heartbeat, the result of severe dehydration following severe diarrhea.

The baby went into heart failure, and after four attempts with the defibrillator, the senior resident threw the paddles down, left the room, and went to give the parents the horrible news. Remen was left standing in that room with two nurses, and that baby. 

She writes that something inside her called out to him, much as you might call a child in from playing to dinner. “I was too young a doctor and too inexperienced to know that after four attempts at defibrillation, no one comes back.” She grabbed the paddles and gave one more shock and it worked! 

This past weekend I took a workshop in an energy technique called BARS. I did my first session with a good friend yesterday. In addition to learning a new energy technique, I appreciated those places where what was presented fits with what I have been teaching in SCS/NLP for years. For example, “If your logical mind could solve the things that were not working in your life, wouldn’t it have done so already?” and “Every time you do a Bars session on someone else, all the considerations that they have that are like the ones you have go away at the same time.”

And probably my favorite: “This is one way of doing it and you can also follow the energy….please follow your knowing.”

Suddenly I am reminded of a song chosen by dear friends for their wedding. “If I Were Brave,” by Jana Stanfield and Jimmy Scott, sung by Jana. You can find the rest of the lyrics online and listen at this link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UF5V2PEujqs.

The words touch my soul deeply today as I think of Dr. Remen and the man that baby boy grew up to be and I will leave you with the question….  

Like the mighty oak sleeps in the heart of a seed, 

are there miracles in you and me? 

What would I do today if I were brave?