Take the first step: believe in you.
This week I discovered my book was available for sale in one of America's largest retailers. Considering it has been published for over a year and a half, this came as a shock to me. I am thankful and surprised. There has been something on my mind that I want to share with you. I want to share something I believe is important to everyone who intends to move from a place of perceived obscurity in life to pursuing their dreams and creating a new reality in life.
The single greatest threat to any person who seeks to move from a place of mediocrity in life, be it a career move, health-related goals, relationships, writing a book, starting a business, you name the goal, the single greatest threat, is our minds.
Let me explain.
Is there anything you have as a dream, maybe just a magnificent idea, but you tell yourself that pursuing that thing is not possible because of something you have done in the past? Is there something you want to do in life but feel you are unqualified to pursue, not to mention achieve?
Our negative thoughts, the ones we entertain, are the greatest threat to our future success. If our past mistakes dictate who we have the potential of being in the future, we are all tied to the consequences of yesterday's errors for the rest of our lives.
Personally, I decided that since my mistakes were bigger in my mind than they were in reality, that I should forgive myself and have the courage to pursue my dreams. For too long, I spent time worrying about what every person thought of me, of my work, and I finally realized there is no way to please everyone.
Have we all lived a perfect life? Have we all been perfect in every area of our lives? It is highly doubtful. Maybe I am too critical of myself. Have you experienced that? I have.
Here is what I am suggesting; Believe. Believe in yourself. Forgive yourself. Have the guts, the courage, to step out and go after whatever it is you want to achieve.
A quick word of caution: there will be cowards who sit behind a keyboard and question your motives, question your credibility, question your worth. Remember they are cowards. That's all. Their words are the one's with no value unless you give their words value.
You are good enough. You have the power, the strength, the ability to achieve whatever it is you want to make in life. Like millions of other people, I have dealt with low self-esteem, low self-confidence, and going after a dream feeling, at times, alone. I am not writing this to conjure up some sense of sympathy or having a pity-party, rather, I want you, the reader, to know that we all have imperfect pasts. We all have tarnished reputations. We all have questionable characteristics and, at times, impure motives.
That's the beauty of life. Second-Chances.
Take a breath. Close your eyes. Exhale. Know you are alive and worth achieving the dream you desire. Know you are good enough to start, and the only thing you owe anyone is the commitment to yourself to be better tomorrow than you were today.
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