Many things can rise against us and frustrate our
plans. Many hiccups can arise and discourage us. Opposition dismays us and
makes us doubt our capability and strengths to continue.
Besides all that can be against us, sometimes, we
ourselves are fighting against pursuing and realizing our dreams. I know that
can seem odd, and the first answer would be:
“I’m not against my dreams. I fight for them; I do my
best.”
Generally, that’s true. We do our best for our dreams.
However, we’re not always really acting. Sometimes, we are waiting for the
perfect condition to start. We glimpse a bright future but don’t act to achieve
it. We delay the action, always saying things like:
“Now is not the right moment.”
“Tomorrow, all will be better; I’ll be more willing.”
“I’m going to start next week.”
“Next year, everything will be different.”
The beginning is postponed, delayed, deferred, and
finally; that never occurs. We carry a mountain of regrets and imagine how all
could be different if we had acted; how we would be better if we had started…
Don’t carry regrets because of what you would like to
do; learn valuable lessons by doing and making mistakes. Do, make a mistake, do
it again, hit the target. The pain of trial and error is much less than that of
a heart frustrated by not acting.
Ecclesiastes
11:4 (AMP)
He who observes the wind [and waits for all conditions to be favorable] will not sow, and he who regards the clouds will not reap.
