On the edge of "Where the Sidewalk Ends"

Yesterday, I read some poems from Shel Silverstein's "Light in the Attic" to my children. Here is one of my favorites:
Now I lay me down to sleep
I pray the Lord my soul to keep
If I die before I wake
I pray the Lord my toys to break
so none of the other kids can play with them

AMEN

Needless to say, my boys thought this was great! What a fantastic idea --- praying to stay ahead.
That seems to be my theme this year and that's okay with me for right now. I don't want to disadvantage anyone but at the same rate, I do not like being last, or next to last. I want a new adventure and I dare say, I want to jump before I look. So, if I truly am standing on the edge of where the sidewalk ends...I am not going back to my holding pattern and I'm gonna leap right in. After all, if there is no place to go but "up," then one better start climbing. And that would be me.