Start

If you’re anything like me, the gap between aspirational ideas and implementation can be breeding ground for feelings of overwhelm and anxiousness. The internal pressure to be prepared to perfection so as to avoid any mistakes or the need for adjustments is both real and unrealistic. There comes a time when you just have to START. You have to start and keep going one iota at at time- agile and open to adjusting as needed while doing.

Over the last week or so, I found myself vacillating between postponing starting a new project (to squeeze in more preparation) and jumping in. There are times, when it’s necessary to take more time to prepare. However, there are some things I’m not sure we ever feel completely ready for: a big exam, marriage, parenthood, good-bye’s, a new diet, publishing, exercising, the first dip into the swimming pool, etc. After a period of preparation, there are times when we just have to jump in and continue learning, growing, and improving WHILE WE ARE DOING.

I find myself at the end of my preparation period- still feeling like I need more time and more preparation. Something in me knows, however, that this is one of those times that MORE TIME to prepare is not really what I need. It’s time to START- to take what I’ve learned and done and PUT IT TO WORK. The rest of my preparedness, accomplishment and growth will only come in the doing.

I woke up around midnight with the unction to “go.” I got up, wrapped up my “preparations” and put things in place to “go” in- the morning. While I was organizing and situating materials, additional ideas started flooding in- and I implemented them as they came. It was affirmation that it is time to START- that the rest of what I need will be revealed in my doing.

Here’s to a new day and new beginnings.

Here’s to STARTING!

I look forward to seeing all that will emerge IN THE DOING.

Verse from Youversion.com 2 Corinthians 9:8; Art by AJM ELLIS “Faith & Grace”