I started a Facebook page (J. Hartman's "If not now, when?") last week. It was something I've wanted to do for a long while now because I'm hoping you all will join in, share and feel connected. It took me a long time to do the Facebook page, and this blog too, because I kept telling myself I wasn't ready and I wanted to wait until I could do it perfectly.
Ha! Well, I can tell you my blog and FB page are not, and will never be, perfect! Whew, what a relief...striving for perfection can be so tiring! And I'm OK with that...for the first time in my life, I'm really OK with that. I finally started because I KNEW if I waited until I was ready, and could do it perfectly, I would never do it. Sound familiar? It was just an excuse because I was afraid. I was afraid of failing, afraid no one would read it and/or Like it. I was also afraid that people would read it and/or Like it! So I did nothing. Again, sound familiar??
We hear many times "it's just not the right time" and "I'm not there yet", I'm not in the right head space"....these are excuses to not start, not reasons. If we wait until we're ready there will always be a road block and most of them will be self-imposed. I know because I've used these excuses many times but I now know they come from fear. Fear will hold us back like no other emotion! And the only way to get past the fear is to believe that we only truly fail when we do nothing. If we try and never give up we have succeeded!
Just start, you'll learn as you go along just like the rest of us! And once you've started you will find that the fear will leave you because it can only hold on to you if you refuse to let it go.
Believe that we only truly fail when we do nothing, so just start!
2 comments:
I like that, it is so true, I could apply that to so many things in my life. The power of believing is powerful in itself.
Darlene L
Now I like that!! "The power of believing is powerful in itself"!
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