The First Step

TODAY'S QUOTE:
"The first step towards change is acceptance. Once you accept yourself, you open the door to change. That's all you have to do. Change is not something you do. It's something you allow." ....Will Garcia

The first step is always the most difficult, but without taking it we cannot expect to get anywhere worth going. Acceptance of our own shortcomings is not an easy task; judging ourselves more harshly than anyone else ever would is a common human fallacy each of us must battle to win the war. Let's face facts... it is much easier to place blame than it is too attempt change.

The monster we know may be less frightening than facing the unknown, but a life spent wrestling the same opponent is too much like running in place to be the wise thing to do. Performing the same action and expecting a different outcome is a fool favorite pastime. It seems wiser to crawl out on the limb and chance a fall than to endlessly chase your tail at the base of the tree.

Failure has its rewards too, and the chance of victory is worth the risk. Lessons learnt the hard way are usually mistakes you only make once and their benefit is life-long. Alterations are often necessary so that the life you live more closely fits who you really are. Seeing change as an enemy is a twisted perception, it more often foretells blessing than curse. I fear stagnation much more fiercely than I ever have any adjustments needed to move forward.

The motions required to change for the better are a firm foot on the gas and steady hands on the wheel. Belief in your power to succeed must be soul-deep and begins with desire that is grown in the brain then harvested through deliberate actions. As humans we have the power needed, but unless it is tapped it is a pointless possession. It is like keeping a new car in the garage and walking instead. Any blisters are self-inflicted pain that has no possible gain. Use of the tools you possess builds the strongest structures, so erect something that will serve you well during the worst of times.

As an added bonus I am adding another quote that I just received today. It fits like a glove, so pull it on and dream with confidence then act without delay. Life is too short to travel through it with feet that drag and a head bowed as if in shame. Look up, look forward, and really live before time runs out. And as always.... think about it.... let it ride.... then decide!!!!

"To dream anything that you want to dream, that is the beauty of the human mind. To do anything that you want to do, that is the strength of the human will. To trust yourself, to test your limits, that is the courage to succeed." -- Bernard Edmonds