Stop procrastinating

 Stop procastinating 

And wasting  precious  time

Worrying about what may  be 

Or how things will finally pan out

Let it not become a fixation.

Instead 

Work on your story.

On your characters,

On your plot

On the setting

On your plan

On yourself.

Are you ready to begin?

To take that  first step? 

To trust the process?

Put your apprehension, anxiety and doubts aside

And go for it.

Never wait to be fully prepared

For that perfect time or perfect moment

To arrive

Because the perfect state

Does not exist.

When will the time be right?

When will you be fully in control?

Maybe never !

So then what?

Stick in a rut?

That's for losers!

The time is now.

Make a start 

Step gingerly if you must

But make a start

And see how far you go.

More often than not

It will be further than you imagined 

And you may surprise yourself

With inner strengths

 You didn't realize you possessed.

Strengths which lay dormant 

For extended periods

As latent fears controlled you

Held you back

And not only told you 

What to do

But how and when to do it.

Far too often we are so busy

Encouraging, supporting and helping others

That we put our own lives 

On the back burner.

We are always waiting.....

For advice, for guidance, for support

For someone else to point the way

For someone else to permit an action

For the gun to be fired

The flag to be raised

The whistle to be blown

And soon that becomes the crutch.

An excuse to stay put.

For long periods of inertia 

When progress is nil.

Days go into weeks

Weeks into months

And months into years

Our life ebbs before our eyes

And thereby hangs a tale.

We are the makers of our 

Own destiny

And in order to forge ahead

We must first step forward

Take the reins

And start conditioning our minds 

To expect the best.