Don't Wait Until You Are Perfect or Bullet-Proof

 

Don't wait until you are perfect or bulletproof

To step into the ring

Take your chances, enter the race

And see what victories and advances that will bring.

 

Be prepared to have a tough time

And don't worry if you miss your step, or fail

You will grow in the things you know and can do

And through future rough seas, you will be strengthened to sail.

 

Look for and dream of new possibilities and things

Remove from your stock of words, the word "scarce"

Don't talk yourself out of doing anything

Because the path ahead makes you scared.

In most circumstances, you truly have nothing to lose

Except your energy and time.

So don't worry if nothing comes of your efforts, or your progress is slow

Sooner or later, you will reach a point that's worthwhile.

 

If you are willing to say yes to new things

And if you are willing to try

You will never get stuck in a rut, that's a guarantee

And you will be able to navigate the roughest roads and seas of life.

 

Yes, it comes down to your willingness to give things a try

Even if what’s beyond the horizon can’t be seen

Fears, worries, excuses, and hesitations can keep us frozen as a block of ice

Hold a torch to them until they melt, and go forward with your dreams.

 

Are you ready to show the kind of fierce courage, humility, and will

To make the best of ideas, opportunities, and the options available?

Knowing that when you take a calculated chance

The likelihood is that the rewards will rarely be nil.

 

Know that you cannot know in advance

Whether you will survive, thrive, sink, or swim.

Go forward even without knowing

Whether you stand to lose, or you stand to win.

 

In the trying, you will find out many things

Including being surprised by what people most value in you

Personality and attitude may count just as much

As the work that you were hired to do.

 

So…don't wait until you are perfect or bulletproof, dear reader

Just step into the ring

Take your chances, enter the arena

And find out what victories and advances that brings.