A
couple of hundred years ago, Benjamin Franklin shared with
the world the secret of his success. Never leave that till
tomorrow, he said, which you can do today. This is the man
who discovered electricity. You think more people would listen
to what he had to say. I don't know why we put things off,
but if I had to guess, I'd have to say it has a lot to do
with fear. Fear of failure, fear of rejection, sometimes the
fear is just of making a decision, because what if you're
wrong? What if you're making a mistake you can't undo? The
early bird catches the worm. A stitch in time saves nine.
He who hesitates is lost. We can't pretend we hadn't been
told. We've all heard the proverbs, heard the philosophers,
heard our grandparents warning us about wasted time, heard
the damn poets urging us to seize the day. Still sometimes
we have to see for ourselves. We have to make our own mistakes.
We have to learn our own lessons. We have to sweep today's
possibility under tomorrow's rug until we can't anymore. Until
we finally understand for ourselves what Benjamin Franklin
really meant. That knowing is better than wondering, that
waking is better than sleeping, and even the biggest failure,
even the worst, beat the hell out of never trying.
jeremiah 29:11 - For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to
prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.
.. and so i wait.
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