April 26th, Day 26 of the #AtoZChallenge- W is for What if?
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What if I had tried that? What would that have been like? What if I had done that… What if? I hate wondering what if and try very hard in avoiding it. In my teens I was constantly wondering what if about joining the Army. What if I can’t make it? What if I’m not tough enough…What if I didn’t and what if I never knew because I had never tried. I joined and succeeded and was glad that I did. What if I tried building my own bench? I wondered one day, so I tried it… and it turned out completely horrible, oh it was ugly and it was an awful experience! Men make that look so easy… but the great thing was,I didn’t have to wonder what if anymore! I had tried it and had failed at it, but I was still successful because I had tried it.
I wondered one day if I could paint something like a painting I had seen? I thought I could and wanted to try, so I did. It was Folk ARt, looked pretty and guess what? I found out ( after some practice), I wasn’t too bad and I liked it! In fact I even sold many of my paintings! If my paintings had turned out to be horrible, that I had found out that painting wasn’t my thing, the great thing was, at least I would never have to wonder what if. And that was the point. Not to wonder and to try.
I have tried (all safe mind you) many things in my life so far and many of those things I tried, I found out I couldn’t do or failed miserably at trying to do it. And many I found out I could and was very successful at it! Wondering what if about things was something I didn’t want to plaque me ever in my life. I didn’t want to find myself years from now, older, relaxing in my rocking chair on the front porch and wondering “what if…”
You will not always succeed in what you try, but remember you are still succeeding regardless. The success was, you learned wether or not you could. You now learned if it was something you liked or something you didn’t. You Know. and are now no longer wondering What if? Never let fear drive you away from those what if’s…unless it has anything that goes against SAFTEY FIRST! I must encourage saftey in what you try.( I will never stand up and be an advocate for unsafe things. :0)
You would be amazed at how talented or how creative or how amazing you are at things after giving them a try. Things you never thought you could do or even was your thing. It’s been said everyone has a talent. At least one. I agree, but I also believe we do have more than just one. We just don’t know that because we’ve never tired. So if your contemplating or wondering What if? Try it. You just may suprise yourself!
Have a wonderful Thursday and a wonderful time defeating those What if’s…
A.D.
Tagged: AtoZChallenge, Try it, What if?
