Courage (4)

We gonna to do what they say can't be done
We've got a long way to go, and a short time to get there
Jerry Reed, "East Bound and Down"

At 44, it's frustrating to feel like I'm on
the bottom rung of a ladder. But then look at
all the other ladders I climbed just to get here.

Measure twice, cut once.

I worry too much about what is possible, and
not enough about what I want to (make) happen.

Dream first, budget second.

I keep trying to account for all my time. And
I keep looking at how much others accomplish in
the same period of time, and then I feel inferior.

It's sobering to realize, for example, that when
Mozart was my age, he had been dead for two years.
-Tom Lehrer, age 37

But I am not anyone else. I have my own priorities.
I have my own needs, wants, desires, responsibilities.
Sure, I may be a bit of an ant. But I'm a damn good ant.

Plan first. Execute second. Adjust all along.

I could have been dead 3 times over by age 23.
Maybe I don't know the reason, maybe I never will,
but I'm still here. As long as I am, I do what I can.

It takes a lot of time to learn something new,
so don't be impatient with yourself right now.
Each time you uncover a new aspect of your current challenge,
you will also uncover a new obstacle. This is disheartening,
but it's also very normal. Just keep going and keep learning!
It'll all start to come together soon. You're on your own schedule,
so don't compare your progress with someone else's progress.
Just stay focused on what you need to do.
Yahoo! horoscope for Leo, Nov. 3, 2006