I like things to be easy.
When I was young, most things came very easily to me. I didn’t have to work hard for much of anything. I quickly learned to stick to the things which were most obvious to me — and which impressed people the most — and just sit back to receive the praise.
For the most part, I‘ve done the same thing for my adult life. Unless I have a huge incentive, I stick to what I know how to do. It’s safe. It gets the praise I crave. And it keeps me from having to risk failure.
But every now and then, I push myself into something completely new. The old fears start surfacing. What if I’m a fraud? What if I fail at this? What if I‘m just embarrassing myself? What if I’m not perfect?
I’m in that position right now as I work toward the first complete episode of my new podcast, Love & Hope. (Listen to the three-minute introduction here.) I know the things I need to do. I’m working on them. But I’m not an expert at these things — and I once again feel the old fear of not being perfect.
Fiscal sanity is dead because most people are irrational hypocrites
Great ideas are valuable, but they’re worthless without solid execution
At what point does a president become a dictator to be impeached?
Kids obeyed me on radio project, only because I knew what to do
Serious medical issue will limit
Surgery report: It went very well, but first time is one too many for me
Few people want to admit it, but our society rewards conformity
It’s hard to ‘get over it’ if pain of abuse turns to rage against self
Briefly: Expect the unexpected as my site migrates to new servers this week