what are we waiting for?

"A couple of hundred years ago, Benjamin Franklin shared with the world

the secret of his success.  'Never leave that till tomorrow,' he said, 'which

you can do today.'  This is the man who discovered electricity.  You think more

people would listen to what he had to say.  I don't know why we put things

off, but if I had to guess, I'd have to say it has a lot to do with fear.

Fear of failure, fear of rejection.  Sometimes the fear is just of making

a decision because what if you're wrong?  What if you're making a mistake

you can't undo?  The early bird catches the worm.  A stitch in time

saves nine.  He who hesitates is lost.  We can't pretend we hadn't been

told.  We've all heard the proverbs, heard the philosophers, heard our

grandparents warning us about wasted time.  Heard the damn poets

urging us to seize the day.  Still sometimes we have to see for ourselves.

We have to make our own mistakes.  We have to learn our own lessons.

We have to sweep today's possibility under tomorrow's rug until

we can't anymore.  Until we finally understand for ourselves what

Benjamin Franklin really meant.  That knowing is better than wondering,

that waking is better than sleeping, and even the biggest failure,

even the worst, beat the hell out of never trying."

(- Grey's Anatomy)

Yes, another Grey's Anatomy quote.  But I really, really like this one.  I've been taught this.  Time and time again.  So, I should've learned it by now.  Mastered it.  Right?  And if that's the case, then, what am I waiting for? ...

What are you?

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