Who here has had a feeling of what they wanted to do… but too afraid or nervous to take the leap? Whether it was fear of rejection or not being able to make someone proud, you have to take the leap if it means a lot to you. If you fail, at least you tried.
For years, I have felt the need to tell stories, the question was how. In middle school, I wrote my novels in notebooks and on the family computer. I’m pretty sure I still have a hard copy that I printed out somewhere, but I’m still not sure it would be worth publishing. After middle school, I started poems (or songs as they became later on). These continued on until a couple years ago (my lyric journal is still in my desk). I get an idea occasionally and then jot it down.
While I was growing up (I don’t remember how old I was when I first heard one of their tapes), I listened to Adventures in Odyssey from Focus on the Family. They impacted my life so much and I will always be grateful 🙂 This is also when it kind of clicked for me. That is how I can tell stories, in the same way they told me.
But I am telling you this for a reason: don’t be afraid to go after what you really want. What you love to do. You never know unless you try and…
“You will miss 100% of the opportunities you don’t take.”
Wayne Gretzky