SeptemboMo Day 6 in SeptemboMo

What’s a quote that reflects your current mood?

“If not now, when?”
This and “What’s stopping you?”
Two simple yet immensely powerful concepts I had to deal with.
The worst bully in your life is yourself, and it’s the only bully you don’t fight for the longest.
For me it came to down to realizing how quickly life was going by, and I wasn’t doing anything, just waiting for the right time, right moment, right feelings.
“what’s stopping you?” What’s stopping me was my own inner voice telling me I should be afraid, I should be prepared, I should be paranoid.
And the opposing voice banging on the door “if not now, when?”
Trapped between a rock and a hard place, like we say “aagay kuaan, peehcy khai” [Translation: A deep well in front of me, a chasm at my back].
I let that paranoia work its way while I made changes to my life. One day at a time, one thing at a time.
Got so much done in the past 4 years alone, I have serious regrets that I shouldn’t have wasted so many years hiding from my own insecurities.
Life is good, and its not a rehearsal. There’s no time to mope, to waste away. Not anymore. I’m not getting any younger. I must find a way, I must persevere. If not now, when…