13. Slow Down
Sometimes you need to step back and look again. Go slow. Take a deep breath. Notice what's going on around you, and inside of you. Be grateful for the great miracle of this moment, and sink into the power of presence.
Sometimes you need to step back and look again. Go slow. Take a deep breath. Notice what's going on around you, and inside of you. Be grateful for the great miracle of this moment, and sink into the power of presence.
Trust in your journey. Be flexible. The path will dip, and diverge, it will move and morph and take unexpected twists and turns that you won't expect. But keep the faith. Be focused - but have fun. The path is often the goal.
make mistakes. get your face in the mud. learn on the fly - iterate, tweak, critique, optimize and improve. but don't play it safe. and don't let the fear of failure lessen your light or shrink your story.
and share your flare.
Don't compare your beginning to someone else's well on their way. The only metric that matters is - where were you yesterday - and where are you today.
Tiny decisions, made in good faith, are a much better path to making progress, over the pursuit of the perfect path that's never actually there. So decide to choose something - over weighing potential futures that live only in your mind - and don't catastrophize