JUST TRY.

HOW MANY TIMES DO YOU CONSIDER DOING SOMETHING SIGNIFICANT WITH YOUR LIFE, BUT DON'T?  WHAT ARE THE REASONS YOU DECIDE NOT TO?  THERE'S SOMETHING DEEPER WITHIN, THAT DRIVES YOU, YET YOU STIFLE THAT VOICE, THAT NUDGE, THAT INKLING TO GO FURTHER.  WHY?  I HAVE BEEN IN THE SAME BOAT.  NOW, BEFORE WE PROCEED, I DON'T WANT TO GET ALL SOAPBOXY AND PREACHY, BUT, I WILL SPEAK FROM PERSONAL EXPERIENCES.  I AM NOT THE SUCCESSFUL EXAMPLE, THAT MOST PEOPLE WOULD CONSIDER GETTING THEIR INSPIRATION FROM.  HOWEVER, WHAT KEEPS YOU FROM MOVING FORWARD OR ACTING ON AN IDEA OR DREAM?  FIRSTLY, IT'S THAT WHAT YOU HAVE TO OFFER ISN'T GOOD ENOUGH.  SECONDLY, IT'S USUALLY THE BELIEF THAT NOBODY WANTS WHAT YOU HAVE TO OFFER.  THEN, IT'S A MATTER OF NOT HAVING TIME, THE CONDITIONS AREN'T PERFECT, OR THERE'S NOT ENOUGH MONEY TO GET IT STARTED.  THERE'S JUST THIS HOST OF REASONS, THAT SEEM TO COME AVALANCHING DOWN THE STEEP MOUNTAIN THAT YOU ARE INTENDING TO CLIMB.  SO MUCH SO, THAT YOU REALLY BECOME STAGNANT AND DON'T DO ANYTHING.  PARALYZED WITH FEAR, ONE MIGHT SAY, BUT, THEN YOU WILL RETORT THAT IT'S NOT FEAR AND THEN RECITE THE REASONS ABOVE TO YOURSELF AND OTHERS.  HOWEVER, IT IS FEAR, AND ONCE YOU'RE FINISHED RECITING THE RHETORIC, YOU FEEL LIKE SHIT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW DEEP DOWN, YOU SHOULD BE DOING MORE.  THIS FURTHER NEGATES ANY PROGRESS YOU WOULD ATTEMPT TO MAKE BECAUSE, THEN, YOU'RE LIKE, WHY TRY?

THIS MENTALITY, IS THE MOST SIGNIFICANT IN THE BEGINNING STAGES OF ATTEMPTING TO DO SOMETHING.  TRUST ME, I KNOW.  HOWEVER, IT DOESN'T STOP THERE.  IT CONTINUES, TO GROW AND FESTER, EVEN AFTER ONCE YOU'VE STARTED TO TAKE STEPS.  I DEAL WITH THIS ALL THE TIME, WHEN THINGS DON'T MOVE FORWARD LIKE I WANT THEM TO, I SECOND GUESS.  I START SECOND GUESSING THE EFFORT, THE IDEAS, THE ARTWORK, AND EVEN THE SUPPORT FROM THOSE I KNOW.  WHAT I AM LEARNING NOW, IS THAT IT'S NOT A RECIPE, IT'S A JOURNEY.  IT'S GOING TO TAKE AWHILE, AND IT WILL LEAD YOU TO PLACES OF PROGRESS/DEFEAT, BUT, OVERALL IT WILL LEAD YOU PLACES.  YOU HAVE TO MAKE UP IN YOUR MIND, NOT TO GIVE UP AND CONTINUE TO TRY TO MAKE SOMETHING HAPPEN.  THE LONGER YOU WAIT, THE HARDER IT BECOMES TO SIMPLY GET STARTED.  NOBODY HAS THE KNOWLEDGE, TOOLS, MONEY, OR SUPPORT, RIGHT OFF.  THAT HAS TO BUILD OVER TIME.  IF YOU'RE NOT TRYING, THEN, YOU'LL NEVER KNOW AND THAT IS HARDER ON THE SOUL THAN FAILING.  BESDIES, WHAT WOULD YOU RATHER DO?  EXPLAIN TO YOURSELF AND YOUR FRIENDS, WHY YOU WEREN'T AS SUCCESSFUL AS YOU INTENDED, OR, EXPLAIN WHY YOU GAVE UP OR NEVER EVEN TRIED?  SO... STOP FUCKIN AROUND AND WAITING FOR THE PERFECT OPPORTUNITIES, AND JUST GO FOR IT.  JUST TRY.   -  925