It's Time. Get Up.

"If all you can do is crawl - start crawling."

~Rumi

Some might think these words apply to starting something, but I think of restarting.

After all, when you first make a decision to begin some giant course of action, you are filled with adrenaline and expectation. Your stomach might be a little nervous, but it's an excited nervousness that fuels your determination. You've plotted a design for exactly how you will make it to your goal - this time. More than likely, you have been here before, but never quite made it, turning around or taking a seat and chalking it up to another attempt. 

These words are for that moment ahead of you when you land flat and can't fathom getting up.

You know those moments. Maybe you are right there today. Things were going fine, but somehow you allowed life to derail you or you tripped. Once again, you have failed. Damn that hurt didn't it? Perhaps you laugh it off. Maybe you get depressed. Most of the time we only do not acknowledge, we just excuse so we can keep some sense of esteem. Rumi's words are for that moment when you get very honest with yourself, and you consider that laying flat in this place just will not do. It is not how you want to finish. You can still see the finish out there ahead. So how will you get there? 

Start with a deep breath and a little glance backward.

I generally don't encourage looking back. It can lead to becoming stuck in what has passed and out of your control. However, when considering beginning your crawl to getting up, you might want to understand what caused the trip down in the first place. Think back to those moments just before you flopped downward. Logically, it was a stressor or a celebratory quirk that distracted you. But more often, it could have been sheer boredom or impatience. 

Or maybe, you're one of those who thinks you don't deserve to be happy?

Or you don't have what it takes actually to achieve that dream?

Or you are more regular that extraordinary?

Take a chance. Dig into the ground with those knuckles. Get up.

Cheers.