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you ever want to do something
with your life only to
be dissuaded from doing it by people who said that it'll never work?
I was when I was a younger man. Only to feel remorseful later on for not
having at least attempted it.
But I learned. And I'd like to share that learning with you.
First, as Shakespeare put it: “What's done is done, and cannot be undone.
But can often be redone.” Don't ever let any of those things, those past
negative decisions, linger on in your life. Learn from them. And then let
them go.
Second, don't discuss what you want to do with your life with anyone.
Except your spouse, of course, if you're married. You see, no one is better
qualified to judge what you should do with your life than you. No friend.
No so-called expert. No relative. No one.
Third, to keep yourself moving forward every time a little doubt begins
to nibble away at your gut, whisper to yourself these wonderful lines from
John Greenleaf Whittier's “Maud Muller”:
For of all sad words of tongue or pen,
The saddest are these: “It might have been!”
And finally, know deep within you that you cannot fail. The Universe won't
let you. As the credo of the Scottish Himalayan Expedition puts it, and
please know that I've paraphrased it to make it shorter and more personal:
. . . the moment you definitely commit yourself, then Providence moves
too. All sorts of things occur to help you that would never otherwise have
occurred. A whole stream of events issues from the decision, raising in
your favour all manner of unforeseen incidents and meetings and material
assistance, which no man or woman could have dreamed would have come his
or her way.
So whatever it is that you want to do with your life, if you're passionate
about it, if you feel that you're either going to do it or die in the attempt,
if there is a fire burning in your belly that will not be quenched until
you do it, then just go for it. You won't regret it. I promise you.
Think about it. |
