I am like most people my age. I have a past. Like most people there are things in my life that I am not proud of. There was for me a time when I was lost. I didn’t have confidence in myself which lead to a period of stagnation. This period ended when I realized a few things about myself. One was that I can’t do anything about the past. Two was that everything that I have ever done in my life, the good, the bad and the ugly do matter. All the things in your life lead up to where you are now.
Success in my life came when I applied these lessons. Overnight I was successful and my life and career started to grow. The years that came after those lost times were good. I even found out that the plans I had for myself no longer applied so I changed direction. Everything was going good and then it all of a sudden came to a searching halt. This didn’t just happen to me. It ended up happening to everybody. It was what everybody called the economic recession.
What made it bad for me was that I was ready to take the next step in my career. That was no longer possible because no one was hiring anymore. My salvation was that I have been able to keep my job that helped me change my destiny. Like many others fear set in and I became a little afraid of taking chances to move forward. I was worried that the options that have been available would lead to loosing everything that I had accomplished.
A few months ago I realized that my fears were holding me back. The only thing that I would loose by taking some risk to move forward are the material things like my home, car, etc. I learned that fear took away my courage, confidence in myself and everything in me that makes me the successful person I have been. In other words I was worried I was going to revert to an earlier version of myself. Those fears were foolish because all the experiences in my life can never be taken away. Since I let go of my fears all the possibilities for the next step in my future have presented themselves. There is still a little more work to be done before I can celebrate but I know now I am about there.
The lesion is don’t give into fear. It can take away all the good things you have inside you. Don’t be afraid to take the risk needed to accomplish your goals. If your goals are good and just they are worth it. I also messed things up last year with a very special woman for the same reason. I do hope she give me another chance.
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