Shoot for the moon.
Even if you miss it you will land among the stars.
A young man who was disconcerted about the uncertainty of his future and in a quandary as to which direction to take with his life, sat in a park, watching squirrels scamper among the trees. Suddenly, a squirrel jumped from one high tree to another. It appeared to be aiming for a limb so far out of reach that the leap looked like suicide. As the young man had anticipated, the squirrel missed its mark - but it land safe and unconcerned, on a branch several feet lower. then it climbed to its goal and all was well.
An old man sitting on the other end of the bench occupied by the young man, remarked, "Funny, I've seen hundreds of 'em jump like that, especially when there are dogs around and they can't come down to the ground. A lot of 'em miss, but I've never seen any hurt in trying." Then he chuckled and added, "I guess they've got to risk it if they don't want to spend their lives in one tree."
The young man thought, A squirrel takes a chance-have I less nerve than a squirrel? He made up his mind in that moment to take the risk he had been thinking about... And sure enough, he landed safely, in a position higher than he dared to imagine.
Aim for perfection...2 Corinthians 13:11-FBCM
