If we all did things we are really capable of doing, we would literally astound ourselves.– Thomas Edison
There are a lot of things I’d like to do. Some days, it’s easy to believe that I’m not capable of doing most, if any, of them. Look at all the things I haven’t done! They are endless in number! Look at my time! It is so limited!
And then there is the fear: fear of failure, fear of success, fear of wasting my time, fear that I’m heading in the wrong direction.
Fear is a great stopper. It grounds us where we are, freezing us like rabbits in the headlights of oncoming traffic. Perhaps, we think, if I don’t move, the thing I fear won’t see me, and it will go away.
We are like children – if I ignore it, then it doesn’t exist!
However, if I look past my fears, I can remember times that I attempted something new. And succeeded. Sometimes it took a long and steep learning curve, but I climbed it. Sometimes it turned out to be so easy I thought “Why didn’t I do this years ago?”
When I remember to look around, remember to be in the now, the world continually astonishes me. I am surrounded by growing, living things, even in winter. Complexity and beauty that I can’t begin to wrap my head around exists everywhere I look. Kindness turns up where I least expect it, and joy flourishes.