Permission

You are allowed, I will allow it. Success is found when you take action. You can ponder all you want, but will never take a step forward. My dad used to say, “ He who hesitates is lost.” Opportunities pass if you don’t make the decision to proceed. Easy to say, but waiting for certainty never really comes, you just have to move on your decisions with faith. Tell yourself, yes! Will you get it wrong? Maybe, and maybe you will get it right.

Some of us are built from very different cloth. Some of us have thicker skin, waterproof, easy going. Some of us struggle with criticism, doubt, fear of making mistakes. We don’t often see it from someone else’s point of view, we only see from our own and don’t even realize that many of us suffer from the same things. I was asking hubby about something and he was being evasive and explaining his take on a situation without really answering my question. Being my need to know self, I suddenly realized .. he didn’t know. When I pointed out he could have just said that, he explained, “ I’m a guy, I don’t like to say, I don’t know.” That made perfect sense to me, he is my banter partner and I expect him to know everything. He’s always right and I am never wrong.

We do need to let ourselves off the hook more often. We can be wrong, we make mistakes and don’t have all the answers. Ultimately we may miss opportunities. We make mistakes. We are human, we are not perfect and we need to be okay with that. Give yourself permission regardless of the numerous outcomes. Have faith, proceed!