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.
Here is another random act of kindness amid hurricane recovery
A culture which defines itself by consumption has lost its values
Irrational beliefs hurt all of us when you hand power to the ignorant
‘Tolerant’ left seethes with hate if you don’t accept ‘gender theory’
‘Cash for clunkers’ was an even bigger clunker than we first realized
Practically and legally, it’s true: Good fences make good neighbors
As we enjoyed the sunset together, language and borders didn’t matter
To the mindless bureaucrats at TSA, a crying 4-year-old is a terror suspect
I never wanted to be ‘cool,’ but I wanted people to understand me
