In Others’ Words: Are You Ready Yet?

There are times when perfection has tripped me up. I’m heading in the right direction, liking where I’m going, and then I convince myself that, not only do my efforts need to be better, they need to be perfect.

Yep. That kind of thinking lands me flat on my face every time.

But then there are the times that I don’t even get started on the things I want to do — the book I’m excited to write or the class I’m excited to teach — because I’m staring down the whole question of “Is it going to be perfect?” And I know the answer is going to be No.

So I procrastinate. I talk about what I’m going to do. I think about what I’m going to do. I wait for the “feeling” to be right … that magical, oh-so-elusive day when “everything, absolutely everything is ready” — including me.

And it never happens.

And I don’t begin. For days and days and days. And what do I accomplish? You guessed it: nothing.

Better to get started and produce something imperfect with a spark of beauty in it than to do nothing — and never discover what thing of beauty was hidden inside of you. A book. A work of art. A relationship. A ministry. Even the smallest of sparks, you know, can be fueled and fanned into flame.

In Others’ Words: What are you waiting for? What helps you get past the trap of perfection so that you can begin whatever it is that you want to do?

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