Week 19
There are only two mistakes one can make along the road to truth; not going all the way, and not starting.
--Buddha
When I first started to read about ‘truth’, I didn’t know
exactly what was being said. Now I know it to mean “your truth”; what you
believe, what you want to accomplish, what you want to become. And your only
mistakes in getting there, seeing it all into fruition, is to never start along
your journey in the first place, and not giving it your all, if you do.
What keeps us from acting? What keeps us from following our
dreams?
Procrastination, doubt…fear?
It’s (or can be) incredibly hard to set those feelings aside.
What if we fail? What if it’s not good enough or we lead ourselves to criticisms?
It’s a terrible doubt, but one we all have had at one point or another. The trick is to cut through that. So what if
it doesn’t go exactly as you planned? At least you tried. Without doing so, you
would never know. Not knowing, always wondering…that’s a doubt not worth living
with.
The best "mistakes" are ones you learn from. The greatness you
may achieve the next time is well worth the risk. The greatest fear for me now,
is getting to the end of my life and having the regret of “I wish I had done…”
I’m beginning to change that. I’m devoted to learning to live every day as if
it were my last. When you stop worrying what others think, you liberate
yourself from fear. Fear of failing, fear of embarrassment, fear of inadequacy.
Those things don’t really matter. What matters is that you tried.
There is so much bravery in that.
Namaste
Nanette
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