“We are alive, and that is the only place we need to be to start.” - J. Leeds
Our needs are much simpler than our wants. We may want perfect flying weather and a detailed flight plan, but insistence on ideal conditions may make the difference between staying or going. All we really need to take off is to be alive.
No one is too beaten down, too old, or too anything else to begin a self-improvement program.
Willingness, and willingness alone, is the total price of the ticket. The next thing to do is to get rid of excess baggage-like the notion that this or that condition must be met before we begin.
Once we take responsibility for where we are and who we are, the only thing left is here we are! Where else do we need to be?
Change is about process, and the improvement process has much more to do with our direction than our starting place.
If we’re starting at 10 and going for 100, or if we’re starting at 1,000 and shooting for the stratosphere, we’re still in process. It is the same infinite journey for all of us. On this side of the grave, there never will be a time when the journey toward completion is over. And that’s not because we’re so broken-it’s because the possibilities are so great.
Starting is all there is, so here I go.