START: Serve, Thank, Ask, Receive, Trust”
― Richie Norton, The Power of Starting Something Stupid: How to Crush Fear, Make Dreams Happen, and Live Without Regret .
Although I have not yet purchased this book, the message to START something stuck with me. When I first heard about the book I thought I wanted to dedicate a single blog to each one of these concepts. I immediately, went into this blog and set up a draft page for each idea, thinking I would come back to them later. Well, later took much longer than I had anticipated, as it often does as life does not go exactly as we plan. However, the thought stayed with me that these five words needed to be shared in some way, as they each really do impact our lives every day. Each one of them is a skill to master. The words and order the author of this book had chosen were very good for the message he wanted to share. Yet as the weeks have gone on I realized that the power wasn't in the five words he selected the letters to stand for, but in the very word START. During the past week I have found that what I really wanted to share here was encouragement to just start something. I found that the word START seemed to change dependent on my own focus for the moment. For instance, when thinking about a loved one, the words START stood for Serve, Trust, Act, Receive, Thank. When thinking about goals at work I found that I wrote START as Set Goals, Time Limits, Act, Review, Think Again. As I began writing this, and another blog post, START stood for Share (these thoughts with you), Trust (that I can touch a heart or mind), Ask (you to believe in yourself), Receive (the chance to hear back from you) and Thank (you for your trust and trying it for yourself).
We all have the opportunity to START. Some may start something new. Some may start from a place where they last were. Some may need to start again after a pause or event. Some may start alone and another may start with a friend. Some may start today while another may wait to start tomorrow. Some may start one thing at a time and stick with it while someone else may start many things at once and then work a little on each as time allows. However, or whatever, your starting place is or what you want to start, it is perfect. It is perfect for you in some way. So I encourage to think about what you want to START and go for it. Go for it with passion, belief and the knowledge you can and will succeed in some way. It may not be what you expect, but you will not be the same after you have started that you are at this moment.
