“The longest time in the world is between thought and action,” Loren Ridinger.  This is another one that hit me.  I looked back over my old journal entries as I’m working on a project and I’m seeing a pattern.  There’s a cycle of feeling a specific way, hyping myself up to make the change, then letting it fizzle out.  Years and years and years of the same story.  Truthfully it’s embarrassing.  Sure, I can say it’s all meant to be and it’s part of my journey—if it wasn’t, I would have made different decisions with a different outcome.  But the truth is, I feel a level of regret over wasted time.  I knew all the actions to take years ago—why didn’t I just DO it?  All the delay I’ve faced, all the fear and strain, the wasted breath of proving—if I had just done something different and acted on my thoughts, this would have been an entirely different story. 

This could take an entirely depressive tone, I know that.  Trust me when I say I’m not mired in depression or sadness in this moment.  Yes, I will say I feel the regret but this isn’t a pity party.  This is an awakening and I am proud to see that every day is an opportunity to change what we have done.  We can choose a different path at any time and the only thing causing the delay is ourselves.  I see the years I spent writing the same sentences, telling the same story, and I know that I could have changed that narrative at any time.  So sure, it’s frustrating to know that, but it’s also liberating to tell a different story.  All it takes is one new action to change the path we are on. 

We don’t know what we don’t know until we experience it.  All I knew at the time was to let things fizzle away.  This is a great reminder to make the change and when that excitement hits, pounce on it.  Grab it like a lifeline because there is power in action.  Sure thought drives us, it gives us the inspiration.  But it doesn’t get anything done.  That’s on us.  If we are the source of our delay, imagine how things will change when we fully embody that we are the source of success as well.  Instead of telling the same story, encourage a new thought and if we are brave enough to have a new vision, then just maybe we will be brave enough to follow through.  The world doesn’t change until we do. So don’t let the magic fade out because we are thinking too much.  It’s far easier than we think: just get started.