So often we are our own worst enemy when it comes to our deepest wants.
We protect ourselves from the sorrow of not getting it by delaying everything around it indefinitely.
Think of the girl, now a woman, who always wanted to be an author but rarely writes – and what she does write she never finishes.

What is stopping you from doing the very next thing necessary to achieve your dreams?

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Even though I know darned well that the timing is never right, at least by my standards,  this is probably my most frequently used excuse.  Timing only becomes perfect in retrospect after you’ve achieved success and things didn’t fall apart like you anticipated.

I haven’t come up with a killer strategy for this one yet, except to remind myself that the bad things in life, like cancer and car accidents, rarely wait for the time to be just right so seizing the day for the things you do want is the only way to make sure they stay on the list. I think it’s also helpful to break down the resistence into smaller pieces such as money, time, the economy etc.  and find ways to adjust each and expectations so that things can still move forward. If nothing else, it’s worth getting some of the learning out of the way so that if you do have to try again at some later point there will be fewer hurdles.  It’s the challenge that makes things fun:-)

Next week: ‘Help will not be available when I need it’

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If the high mountain meadows waited for the winter snows to clear before the wildflowers bloomed, there might not be any.  Some years the snow never completely leaves before the next winter starts in.

Are there areas of your life where you are waiting for something to happen that isn’t truly necessary before starting towards a goal? For example, a friend that says she has to lose ten pounds before she can start dating again?

Mt. Rainier, Juliet Chase, all rights reserved

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