There are those gung-ho types.
They decide to do something. They have that steely determination. They just get on with it and go boldly into it.
There’s a lot to admire about those types of people. Having been in their company for a number of years, I have been really impressed by that capacity in them to jump into things and just get on with it. To be honest, I am impressed by it, because I know I am not that way wired.
I confess that procrastination has sometimes been a part of my story. The attraction of procrastination was the delusion of looking to do what needed to be done, but just postponing it for something else. So to all intents and purposes I could talk up a good game and say that this was going to be a real winner and keep on talking and hoping and guessing and speculating … and postponing.
At times I felt there was a little bit of a gap between my bluster and persistent postponing and the gung-ho efforts of those who just went and did it. That’s because there was a gap. Thankfully there was a way to bridge the gap. A way and a guide.
It was all about taking those tentative first steps. No idea how anything else was going to work out. No knowing if even these steps would work out. That’s why they are tentative. It’s not flinging yourself in the pool. It’s that easing yourself into the pool acclimatising to the temperature and then seeing the water as the new environment to embrace rather than one to resist. All of that takes time – and begins with the first step.
I am really grateful for the patient men and women who helped bridge the gap for me. Reminded me that faith isn’t about being gung-ho all the time. The faith that comes by hearing and calls for obedient steps in response are just as welcome as tentative steps as bombastic, bold leaps.
It is about patience and trust. It is about admitting nervousness and anxiety from time to time. It is about easing into things at times. It is about growing and that takes time and is just as much about the gradual in the tentative.
For those seeking to postpone procrastination, I can encourage you that it is possible to do so. It can happen and it’s not about always being super-confident and gung-ho (though if that works for you, don’t let me stop you).
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Shalom
C. L. J. Dryden
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