Starting Something new.

The recipe goes something like this:

First you take a step, then one more. Repeat.

Those a little more sophisticated may follow the recipe as follows:

Deep breathe, step, pause, adjust, recalibrate. Repeat.

Trying new things can be hard. Doing this is hard. And yet I feel most alive when trying new things. The growing and stretching is invigorating. The discomfort jolts me out of complacency. Not always. Sometimes I thrash against change and resist the discomfort and rail like a fish on a hook in despair. But not today. Today I took the step. And isn’t today all I have?