To begin, you must begin.
Any person who procrastinates will tell you that their greatest challenge is not a lack of desire to do but an absence of discipline to see anything done. Well, it’s what I can say for myself. Writing has been a passion of mine since forever. And the desire to blog has never left my veins. Yet, for all my longing and wanting and grand ideas, I could not materialise my blog because passions don’t birth dreams- discipline does. AND I WAS NOT. Infact, I hadn’t been for a while. But I couldn’t understand, why beginning was so challenging…
I was consumed with the hypotethical notions of folks who probably didn’t even know that I spent my nights and early mornings jotting little notes down, because I could not keep them out of my head. I was not ready to do whatever it would take. Honestly! And I knew. Because questioning the boldness and bravery of others was just an added avenue for me to hide behind; more time for me to waste, more excuses I could create. Passions do not birth dreams. And it wasn’t until recently, that a friend said something I couldn’t stop hearing in the form of the words: “don’t take too long.” There isn’t a day that has gone by since then that I haven’t thought of what my friend said. And there is no doubt in my mind that those four words led me to my decision of being disciplined. Full of ideas, but disciplined. Ready for more, but disciplined. Passionate but disciplined; because everything else might get me to start, but without discipline, none of it will be rightly sustained.
Maybe you are like I was, but don’t take too long. Maybe you dream big but you can’t begin- don’t take too long. Maybe you know someone who might be encouraged by this. Share it and don’t take too long. Remember, to begin, you must begin.
Don’t take too long
Whether these words were spoken lightly or on purpose- I do not know. But they did reverberate against the walls of my subconscious- need I say more?
Words By Christina 