“It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare; it is because we do not dare that they are difficult.”
– Seneca
I’m at a point in my year when I have a little time to start working on new things, new directions for the work. It’s always an interesting time at which I’m always a little anxious, not wanting to squander this time by not pushing myself enough. To not dare myself to push through whatever barriers I have erected that I fear may be keeping my work static at the moment.
I view whatever small amount of talent or ability I have as being a ship and I am a sailor. I may know how to sail the ship and may have ventured fair distances. But there comes a point when I must dare to go further, past what I know. See places unseen by few others.
And that’s how it feels at the moment. The ship is at dock, waiting. The sea is there and the horizon clear. Now it’s up to me.
How far do I dare venture?
Redtree Times 