REVIVING Once we have our footing, we may start to a make climb to new life.

We visualize peak, pick a route, and start to move.

Next we prepare for survival. We must be physically, emotionally, and mentally prepared. Preparation means getting ready to do our best and persist through tough times ahead. We must lighten load. We are able to travel further and faster if we carry a light load.

Maintaining an adventure attitude helps us persist. Attitude is a personal choice. The adventure attitude looks at mountains as an adventure and opportunity for positive change.

We take risks, and step out of our comfort zone. Finding a new life is all about painful stretching that leads to new things.

We take one step at a time to get there. It involves sweat and struggle, but we can travel day-by-day, hour-by-hour, step-by-step and make progress.

We handle obstacles along way. We know we will always encounter unexpected obstacles along path. Those challenges make us stronger and teach us many lessons. We get stronger with every obstacle we meet, greet, and defeat.

We throw rope to others. The support and help of friends, family, and strangers we meet along way helps us attain success.

Thriving As we climb to peak, we understand strength we have acquired through struggle of climb.

SOARING above mountain of change, we find that it is our responsibility to share lessons we have learned to help others. Copyright @ Soaring 2004 by Cheryl Perlitz All rights reserved

In the business world, Cheryl Perlitz is best known as the author of the popular book, "Soaring Through Setbacks - Rise above adversity - Reclaim your life" and her upcoming book “Survival Tips Handbook.”

Those that support you, take them on board. Make them partners in your vision, let them choose their level of participation, and let them do it their way. All you have to do is keeping their eyes on purpose and direction and from time to time whisper softly in their ears: "you can, you can, you can."

Those that object to your movements, can be handled in two ways:

You can either let them be, and go your way. Create as large a distance as possible from them as you can, otherwise they will drain your energy with their constant criticism, complaining, inactivity...

Or you can try and move them. Confront them with their resistance, prices they pay for choices in their life, possibilities they miss. It is hard work usually - ensure that it's not taking you away from your task at hand.

For now, let's focus on those who do come aboard. So you're captain now. Here are basics of leadership from heart:

* You can only take people as far as you are. If you wish people to go further, you have to go further.

* As a leader, people look up to you - you become a role model. All you need is to be authentic. Nothing else.

* Develop patience, compassion and sense of humor for others, as you've been there before.

* Your highest goal should be continuous growth - yours as well as others.

* Dealing with challenges is your bottom line. Perceive each difficulty as a new challenge and express your creativity and wisdom in handling it.

* Get in contact with bigger picture. Meditate, contemplate, and create your own life vision.

* Leadership from heart is about doing it together. Everyone should be partner to vision.

* Take responsibility for your situation. Stop futile practices of hoping, excusing, blaming and shaming.

* Empower people for a better world. Ask more questions; give fewer answers.

* Operate from personal power, cooperation and friendship. Drop use of force, authority and status.

To make this world a better place you can start with simply taking care of one thing and nurturing it. Let it grow. Let others see you care.

And ultimately, if it is not enough or if it is too late, then we go down - but at least we go down trying. We go down knowing we did not waste our love and our life.

If you don't want to waste your life and your love - what are you going to do?