"Star Star teach me how to shine shine
Teach me so I know what's going on in your mind
'Cause I don't understand these people
Who say the hill's too steep
Well, they talk and talk forever
But they just never climb ..."
I get a lot of ideas. I come up with a lot of plans. Some of these I try to put to work, others sit idly on a shelf. I sometimes worry that I just like to talk about rather than tackle certain challenges. As I wrote before, if there's a potential roadblock that I can't see my way around or figure a way over, I back away from the attempt. I talk about climbing the hill but I remain at the bottom looking up. I hate that. There are many things I charge into, thinking that even if I don't know exactly what I'm doing I can figure it out as I go along. Lately, I seem to have made a pact with myself to try more, attempt more, embrace more. But still, there are hills.
Over a year ago, I learned that I may be eligible for a dual citizenship with Ireland. I cannot describe the excitement that I felt when my mother told me it looked like I qualify. It wouldn't be a slam dunk but there was a pretty good shot. I did a lot of research, asked a lot of questions of family, got my game plan in order and a year later I still see that pile of research, untouched and collecting dust, under a pile of books by my bed. I wondered why it sat there. Even as I write this I can still feel that initial excitement in my chest, along with the sense of disappointment in my gut that I've done nothing, and yet I'm still just talking about it. I realized recently that if there's something I really want but I can't control or help affect the potential answer or outcome, I sometimes will shy away. Because I don't want the crushing disappointment of being told "no." But you know what's also really disappointing? Being asked by friends what's the latest with the dual citizenship quest and admitting to them, and myself, I've done nothing at all.
Perhaps being denied something I really want would be disheartening, but that might prove better than never knowing at all. At least then I’ll know I attempted to climb the hill rather than talk and talk forever.
I get a lot of ideas. I come up with a lot of plans. Some of these I try to put to work, others sit idly on a shelf. I sometimes worry that I just like to talk about rather than tackle certain challenges. As I wrote before, if there's a potential roadblock that I can't see my way around or figure a way over, I back away from the attempt. I talk about climbing the hill but I remain at the bottom looking up. I hate that. There are many things I charge into, thinking that even if I don't know exactly what I'm doing I can figure it out as I go along. Lately, I seem to have made a pact with myself to try more, attempt more, embrace more. But still, there are hills.
Over a year ago, I learned that I may be eligible for a dual citizenship with Ireland. I cannot describe the excitement that I felt when my mother told me it looked like I qualify. It wouldn't be a slam dunk but there was a pretty good shot. I did a lot of research, asked a lot of questions of family, got my game plan in order and a year later I still see that pile of research, untouched and collecting dust, under a pile of books by my bed. I wondered why it sat there. Even as I write this I can still feel that initial excitement in my chest, along with the sense of disappointment in my gut that I've done nothing, and yet I'm still just talking about it. I realized recently that if there's something I really want but I can't control or help affect the potential answer or outcome, I sometimes will shy away. Because I don't want the crushing disappointment of being told "no." But you know what's also really disappointing? Being asked by friends what's the latest with the dual citizenship quest and admitting to them, and myself, I've done nothing at all.
Perhaps being denied something I really want would be disheartening, but that might prove better than never knowing at all. At least then I’ll know I attempted to climb the hill rather than talk and talk forever.
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