Showing posts with label taking action. Show all posts
Showing posts with label taking action. Show all posts

Monday, June 30, 2014

Stop Waiting on Perfect and Just Do It


What if we just take the first step,
and keep walking forward?
What if we LEAP with both feet,
arms out,
falling freely,
while TRUSTING FULLY?
What if we stop waiting on Perfection, 
and DARED to start with...
"It's Good Enough!"

It's crazy how one can go from feeling brazen and ballsy and ready to take on some new idea one minute and then, in almost the same breath of a thought, have a head full of every possible critic or naysaying message of why something won't work, why someone out there is already doing it better than us,  or why our idea is stupid.  I'm certain this is part of the creative process for many. No doubts that everyone that ever gave birth to an idea or a dream has been faced with these road blocking fears and doubts in some form.  However, the biggest thing that separates those that just make things happen and those that don't, is action, patience, and finding ways to get better and better at telling the critic and coward voice to SHUT UP so we can move forward. And I'm pretty sure that once we get to the other side, we almost always look back and wonder why things seemed so hard in the first place.  Reminds me of Elizabeth Gilbert's words this weekend when she said "Your labor is your contribution to the miracle." The miracle is already there for us.  It's up to us to receive it and give it life.

What is an idea, goal or dream that you are sitting on?  What's something you're waiting for the right time or the right amount of perfection (it will never happen) before you put out for the world?  What would happen if we all just took one bold step forward today in making these things come to life?  Just open a door.  Put it out there.  Stop waiting for perfection or a time when we aren't scared or full of doubt.  What would happen if we all just said "Yes, I am enough" and just put it out there?  You never know...


Amanda