Monday, December 11, 2006

Just Get Started!

There's a condition that many people suffer from. I call it called 'whenitis'.

It presents with the 'patient' saying things like:
"When I have more time I'll start that project."
"When the kids leave home I'll enrol in that course."
"When I get more money, I'll go on a vacation."

You get the picture: "When ....then..."

This deadly condition is responsible for keeping thousands of people stuck in mediocrity, living lives they hate.

It keeps you from living a full life today.
It's a chronic condition - 'when' never happens.

Here's why: if you look closely at the way those sentences are phrased, you'll see that the underlying (subconscious) thought behind them is a negative one - one that denotes lack in some form or another.

Now, according to the Law of Attraction, you're constantly attracting that which you think about predominantly.

When you suffer from 'when-itis', you're not only ungrateful for the good things in your life right now, you're focusing on the fact that you don't yet have, or aren't yet doing something.

And what you focus on is what you'll get more of.

When-itis is a deadly disease.

The cure for this disease is simple: action!

If there's something you wish to do, get started on it immediately.
You've only got *now*. Don't procrastinate. Do it now. Otherwise you'll forever wonder what your life coulda been like.

Be thankful for the good things in your life right now.

Begin to do more good things, as your heart leads you.

I'll leave you with a quotation that has been widely attributed to Goethe. Dunno who actually said it, but its message sure rings true:

"Until one is committed, there is hesitancy, the chance to draw back-- Concerning all acts of initiative (and creation), there is one elementary truth that ignorance of which kills countless ideas and splendid plans: that the moment one definitely commits oneself, then Providence moves too. All sorts of things occur to help one that would never otherwise have occurred. A whole stream of events issues from the decision, raising in one's favor all manner of unforeseen incidents and meetings and material assistance, which no man could have dreamed would have come his way. Whatever you can do, or dream you can do, begin it. Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it. Begin it now."

1 comment:

Edward Tudor said...

This reminds me of when I was a programmer and we used to get unspecified requests for program changes from users which started off

Wouldn’t It Be Nice If (WIBNI’s)

The changes were usually cosmetic and added no real value the way the system worked.
And therefore a waste of time.