Starting is half of the battle for most of us. Many of us are full of great ideas and endless potential and most of us even know what to do to get us where we want to go. We understand that life is a process and you don’t get to things overnight. We know we will have to start somewhere.
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But still, where right? Like how exactly do you get to the destination.
GPS this thing for me please! Life is a long road to walk with no direction. I’m the type of woman that likes my path mapped out. I do not enjoy not knowing where I’m going and running the risk of starting over. Sound familiar? That’s how most of us approach life lol.
Hesitation comes from being unsure of where to start coupled with avoiding starting in the wrong place only to have to start completely over. That same hesitation can keep many of us from ever getting started when the truth of the whole thing is this — it doesn’t matter where you start — at some point you’ll have to start again.
The destination is in the journey
The molding and refinement you go through each time you begin again is what makes you better. It’s the experience that you collect each time you begin that makes it a little bit easier to handle the unknown and unexplored. It’s the reason you’ll be prepared for what you plan and pray for. By starting a million times a million different ways, one day you know what you’re doing and even better, you’ll be good at it. You have a better sense of direction because you know where you’ve been.
What you really want doesn’t come just by starting
It comes by starting again and again and again until you figure out how to navigate your path with your eyes closed. Stop looking for a map, you are the map. Each time you begin though, you’re a little better than the last time. So start anywhere, because you’re going to start a few more times from there.
XOXO
Elayne MeShell