Conditions Will Never Be Perfect...

I wish I could tell my younger self to calm down!!!!!!!!  No really, calm down.  Slow down.  Quiet down.  Stop!  Take the time to take in moments. Memories.  Surroundings.  Feel!  Look up.  Listen up.  Push forward, but lead with your heart.  Let that still, small voice guide you!  I feel like I spent a lot of my life waiting for conditions to be ideal or perfect.  Wanting my room, my body, my mind, my life to be "clear..." of stuff.  

Surprise, it never was so I spent most of my seconds, minutes, hours, days, weeks, months, years cleaning up.  Getting ready for the "work" I had at hand.  Getting my space clear so I could perform.  See, I was one of those who couldn't do my homework until my room was clean.  I couldn't watch the movie my husband wanted to watch until the dishes were done.  I wanted everything to be clear, complete, organized.  I was moving in circles but not forward.  Now don't get me wrong, I'm not saying throw in the towel and become a slob or someone who just doesn't give a dang!  That's not it at all... Just calm down.  Stop for one moment and listen. 

Calm Down with Momentum...

Take the moment to ask yourself what is more important.  Completing the task?  Cultivating the relationship? Pursuing the dream?  Or is it more important the conditions are right?  Let's say you want to run a 5K... and currently you are a couch potato.  Is it more important to lace up the old ratty tennis shoes and wholly sweats you have and get your hind parts on the pavement or should you wait until you have the money to buy "state-of-the-art" shoes fitted specifically for your foot and save an entire paycheck and hit the mall to get fitted with the cutest LuLu Lemon running gear?  I think we all know the answer!  JUST GET UP AND RUN... Personally, I'm telling myself to sit down and write!  Calm all the head chatter/noise (yoga term).  Thinking through each and every condition and asking yourself is it perfect.  Stop worrying about all the details.  CALM down.  LISTEN to the Whisper and LEAD with your HEART towards only those things that matter most! 

Conditions will never be perfect and most times they are not ideal... but will your attitude reflect reality or will you strive for the embodiment of what you want to achieve? I chose the latter no matter what is before me... 9 times out of 10 it's not going to go or start out how you imagine it, without some bump in the road but love life the journey anyway!  Proceed with peace.  Stop moving in circles.  Concentrate on momentum.