Moments of Truth!

So we have decided to live with No Regrets!  To find happiness even amidst hard times.  To focus on building stronger relationships with those we love and to work on becoming the person we truly can be.  In a sense we have had a Moment of Truth.  What is a Moment of Truth?  It is a time when a person or thing is tested, a decision has to be made, or a crisis has to be faced.  Some moments in life can have a lasting effect.  A new career, a relationship, a marriage, a birth of a child, a death of a loved one, a divorce, loss of job or the realization that life isn’t what you expected it to be. You know that feeling…… A moment of truth!  We've all had them!  The thoughts come pouring in…... I want to do something bigger, I want to change.  We stop for a moment to think…… the fear is too great.  What if I fail?   What if I can’t do it?  I  have thought, how often do we do this to ourselves in life? We know very clearly in our mind, in our heart, what we want and yet for some reason we’re afraid to reach out and take it, to make it happen? Do we somehow feel that our desires are unacceptable? Do we think that what we want is unrealistic? 

I’m certainly aware of the critical voices in my head that speak very loudly when something great could happen in my life. 

“You can’t do that! What would people think!” 

“What makes you so special?”

“That would be so selfish.”

 “You’re not (good)(smart)(pretty)(talented) enough”

Exhausting you say!!  What is wrong with us….why do we do this?   And what is so bad about knowing exactly what you want and taking the steps to make that happen? I often wonder why we are so afraid of failing, when in all honesty if we don’t even try we have failed already. Have you ever had these thoughts?  What have you done to move forward?  So here’s my new resolution: Turn from the doubts, quiet the fears and go for it!