Make Today Your Grand Opening

Are you putting the finishing touches on your dreams?  Another coat of paint?  Another can of polish?

Oh, the siren song of perfection.  It calls us all, until we find ourselves drowning in the promise of another day, another month, another year, another life.

But just outside your window, there’s a whole world waiting, and nothing’s going to happen until you let it in.  So why not ditch the padlock and open up the doors?

Make today your grand opening.  Show the world your wares.  Share your poems, your songs, your drawings.

Don’t worry about whether or not they’re good enough.  Just focus on getting better over time as you become new and improved.

Don’t worry about the inventory levels.  You only have one item?   Open the doors anyway.  Then make another and then another and then another.  In time,  you’ll fill the shelves.

Don’t worry about whether or not there’s a market for what you’re making.  If you can’t sell it, then give it away.  If you can’t give it away, then keep it for yourself.  Then make something new.

I know it’s scary.  It scares me too, but it’s so much easier once you cut the ribbon.  All that fretting and worrying teaches you nothing, but experience, the constant trainer,  provides you with an endless stream of lessons and ideas for new projects and new directions.

So, what are we waiting for?  I’ll hit the lights.  You get the doors.

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