Hmmmmm...05-21-12

Hmmmmm...05-21-12

“You must do the thing which you think you cannot do.”

                                                -Eleanor Roosevelt

Take a moment and recall a time when you were filled with fright.  Maybe it was the first time that you were standing on the end of a diving board.  Perhaps it was the first time that you were sitting behind the wheel of a car.  Or was it the first time you stood before an audience with a microphone in your hand?

You had a choice then.  You could have turned from the diving board and gone back to safer ground, thereby fueling your fear.  Or you could have propelled your body forward and entered the water, then surfaced with an ear-to-ear grin, delighted in the knowledge that you just looked fear in the face and laughed. 

As Mark Twain so aptly stated, most of the things we worry about never happen.  And each time we face our fears, we gain strength and self-confidence. 

So what’s holding you back?  Could it be that whatever is blocking your path is your path?  Instead of waiting for the fear to pass, do it afraid.

Go ahead and take a chip off the old block. 

Have the last laugh,

Gina J