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Beginnings

Do not wait until the conditions are perfect to begin. Beginning makes the conditions perfect.  Alan Cohen

(Again there is that "it goes without saying" that I must talk about new beginnings with today's highlighted quote.  I'm okay with that.  :) )

What is it about human nature that says we can't start something - a diet, a new way of handling finances, a relationship, a job, etc - until the conditions are perfect?  Is that our subtle way of trying to get out of the thing that we know would be good for us?  Is that our subtle way of communicating that we are perfectionists, all of us?  I love today's quote because it just flat out speaks the truth about beginning something.  The conditions will never be perfect but beginning is the perfect condition.  Beginning is all that is necessary to attempting the new thing.   We will never know what the true conditions are until we begin.  And once we begin we may find the conditions are better than we thought - or feared!  But we have to begin in order to find out.  The other side of beginning is also that old adage that "slow and steady wins the race". Don't shoot out of the gate at full speed, take slower steps, pace yourself and you'll find the perfect conditions you thought weren't there.  Happy New Year everyone!  

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