SEPTEMBER 30, 2021 BY CASSANDRA JOHNSON
Discouragement is part of the territory. Sometimes pain is self-inflicted. Sometimes we consider ourselves not to be reaching enough of our goals fast enough.
There was an incredibly simple song I enjoyed in primary school. Beginning with “little by little”*, there was such a polite nudge and a naturally successful logic to the ending of “little by lot”
I have been known to overwork in some fashions, obsessively moving towards some ends. However, I have become wiser in avoiding so much additional strain. The bruises have their own lessons.
Life’s leaps have not been exactly what I would imagine them to be, but I am fortunate to have the freedom to test my limits.
Work has been my latest attempt but getting to work for myself took considerable courage and I need some more. Nothing is certain.
Imagining exactly what something is like before you try is not expected. Personally, going away to college was one thing. Moving to a city where I did not know anyone was another.
Liberation and fears are included with your steps forward. You get discouraged some days and on other days you see your dreams as plausible.
Experiences up or down can hopefully change us for the better. My stress and pains have prepared me a little more. Discouragement can also have a way of giving us more to consider. Can we get past our believed and true obstacles? Success is the reminder.
Traveling alone to another country was better than I could have ever invented in my head. The trips like the leaps sometimes feel so natural. I have had these nudges to continue going where my goals are shifting and the what-ifs torment me way more than what seems impossible.
Figuring out our own puzzles is reaffirming as well as just giving ourselves the chance to try.