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If you want it, do it.

I try to set an example for myself about living what I say. It is a continuing struggle. It is so much easier to know what to do than to actually do it. And it’s even even easier to know what somebody else should do than yourself. My humanity is never more apparent than when I say I want to accomplish something or experience something and then never manage to make it happen

I can’t explain or justify this because I really do want to do things – someday. But each day I can manage to find a reason to put them off. Part of the problem is inertia- the day to day routines of life that somehow seem important when they are nothing more than a habit. It’s easier to fall into a pattern than to strike out on a new path and direction. Since I never actually say no to those activities, it doesn’t seem like a problem to defer action until later. But the truth is different. [continue reading…]