Start

I am sitting here in my living room, having a light cocktail, picking at the keys, here in el Centro California.  Our new life of Wandering.  Got up a rode my bike for a little over an hour, saw the Blue angels, came home and walked the dog and did some house work.  Yesterday was a glorious ride out to Blythe through the North Imperial Dunes area at Glamis.  It was very fun couple days.  Not perfect, but pretty darn good.  Still sorting out this full time RV life stuff.  Made a few mistakes, broke a couple things but we are learning.  

I haven’t posted anything in a while because I couldn’t seem to get anything down on paper.  I had so many thoughts running through my head, I couldn’t sort them out enough to produce an intelligent, understandable, relevant message.  They were all twisted and woven around multiple meanings and issues that are complicated.  

Tonight, as I was laying in bed, I reflected back on something I shared with a couple young people I have mentored.  Start.  Simple as that; Start.  Both these young people had trouble getting something going.  One out of fear of failure, or it being less than perfect and the other had trouble starting because they weren’t sure where the path was or was supposed to lead.  Start.

As I was laying there, I was mulling over something I have been thinking about since I read a news article last week.  I have all the thoughts in my head, but didn’t know how to get it in order so it would create an opportunity for people to reflect.  Then I told myself, “Listen to your own advice.”  Start.

When you venture out in a new direction, a new venture or new adventure, the scariest moment may be just before you commit; before you leap.  Trust yourself to take that first step, to swing for the fence.  You might miss entirely, or maybe just foul off into right field, but at least you got started and you get another opportunity to swing again.  

Start.  I doesn’t have to be perfect when you start; but it will get closer to perfect as you evaluate, adjust and retry.  Maybe you only have a 50% chance of succeeding.  But if you don’t start at all, you have a 0 percent chance of succeeding.  Start.