{"id":850,"date":"2013-03-07T14:22:56","date_gmt":"2013-03-07T22:22:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/redshoezone.ca\/?p=850"},"modified":"2016-04-16T10:58:14","modified_gmt":"2016-04-16T17:58:14","slug":"just-start","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ohmywordjournal.com\/redshoezone\/just-start\/","title":{"rendered":"Just Start"},"content":{"rendered":"

Fearless (re)Discovery of self requires courage.<\/p>\n

When I examine stories of great courage I see it\u2019s the initial ACTion that is the source of the courageous act. This is\u00a0the part that\u00a0brings tears to\u00a0the eyes and fills the\u00a0heart. \u00a0It is the choice<\/em> to ACT that fuels courage. Once ACTion commences\u00a0with courage activated, fear, the all-time troublemaker, is disarmed. Gone…poof.<\/i><\/p>\n

I look at the times when I\u2019ve been stuck, unable to act and in obvious need of courage. Granted there have been many reasons why I became immobilized but a lot of the time it\u2019s simply because I tried to figure out all the details before I began. Will it work? How will it work? What if it doesn\u2019t work? That starts a whole chain of inner critic babble, fears fueled by worry and there I am…immobilized (stuck\/stopped).<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve become aware that when I bite the bullet and start (ACT)) I\u2019m focused and unafraid. Interestingly the \u2018place\u2019 I start my action doesn\u2019t seem to matter. In the past I\u2019ve gotten stuck trying to figure out where to start!\u00a0 Now I see that\u2019s irrelevant \u2013 beginning, middle or end (and work backwards) all work – pick one! Once I\u2019m ACTing \u2013 fears are overpowered and the inner critic silenced by my fully engaged state. \u00a0I have the courage I need and am able to seize every opportunity available to me.<\/p>\n

Bottom line is to get into ACTion.\u00a0 Just start…anywhere<\/i>!<\/p>\n

reACTION [to change in the response to stimulus]: Day 24- Just start….<\/b><\/h2>\n

Bite the bullet, squeeze your eyes shut and jump, leap, dive or slowly slide in….whatever you have to do…just start!<\/i><\/p>\n

On the topic of courage watch this 4 minute video from Clock Opera \u2018Once and For All\u2019<\/a>\u00a0it’s a beauty.<\/p>\n

\u201cDo the thing and you shall have the power\u201d Ralph Waldo Emerson<\/p>\n<\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Fearless (re)Discovery of self requires courage. When I examine stories of great courage I see it\u2019s the initial ACTion that is the source of the courageous act. This is\u00a0the part that\u00a0brings tears to\u00a0the eyes and fills the\u00a0heart. \u00a0It is the choice to ACT that fuels courage. 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