misplaced minutes
January 11, 2012 § 2 Comments
Despite good intentions I find myself frequently squandering time on bad habits. The air around me charged with inspiration and heightened consciousness born of resolutions, I am revisiting an old nemesis: distraction.
Last year I passed a sign promoting a time management class. My first thought was, I wonder if I have time for that? Hesitation is a distraction that keeps me from moving forward, uncertainty replacing action. This year I will add momentum to intent.
Insecurity also keeps me safely on the sidelines. Destructive messages like I’ll look silly. I’ll make a mistake. I’ll fail. keep me mired in presumed inability. When the moment passes inevitably my greatest regret is that I lost an opportunity to try. I will not be distracted by negativity, I will be open to possibility. After all, What if I succeeded?
Perspective can be paralyzing when I stand in the wrong place. Often my mountain is only a molehill too close to my lens. A couple of steps in a new direction and the path is much easier to find. How will I get through this? becomes Where should I begin? Allowing a problem to distract me from my goals places a greater value on the problem. My dreams are bigger than my doubts.
I want to gather minutes lost to distraction and invest it in possibility despite uncertainty, try something new without weighing success against failure, and exercise intent that moves mountains simply by shifting perspective. This is my early morning message to myself, scribbled and shared for accountability.
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Yes.
[be] Open.
(a couple of ‘little words’ charged with force and meaning… 🙂 )
That word is following me, isn’t it? Might as well invite it in.