DELAYED | Imperfect beginnings

The boarding is complete, bags are stowed, seat is in upright position. Then the announcement: “This is your captain speaking, I’m sorry to inform you that we are expecting a delay in takeoff.” Collective sighs, eyes-rolling. Frantic texting and emailing...annoying, if you feel cheated for all the rush. More concerning, if you have a connecting flight to make your meeting where you’re the one presenting.
On the airplane there’s not much we can do about the situation, except meditate or medicate. (I’ll leave it to you to discern which one serves you more. )

But how often do we in our own life deliberately create delays?

I’m a recovering perfectionist, and every now and then those tendencies get to sit in the cockpit. And keep me from taking off. Led by the false premise that if only I invest more hours, days, weeks, I will arrive at destination “I feel ready”. Except, that I never do. 

We delay relationships, committing to a partner, because we are “not ready’. We delay taking care of our health, because we still have so much else on our to-do-list. We delay going for that job/project/fill in the blank, not recognizing there’s only this - the humility of new beginnings, and imperfect success. There’s no golden ratio of preparing that guarantees success, because the odds are never perfect.

Are you ready for takeoff? #imperfectbeginnings