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I do n’t know about you , but I ’m the kind of individual who wish to startle into things guide on . Equipped with a pipe dream and some gumption , I find it thrill to maltreat outside my comfort zone and take on something I ’ve never done before . This relinquishing of care is most often driven by my desire to learn or experience something new , and as a outcome , I ’ve been showered with many once - in - a - lifetime experience , from spending a year traveling the dirt roads of Cambodia by jalopy to leap out of an plane with the landscape of New Zealand ’s Southern Alps as my backdrop .
But to say that I was stomach with this sense of hardiness would be a lie . There was a metre in my life when I dread that any decision I made would be my last and that a wrong move would simply ruin my life .
Thankfully , I ’ve read that this just is n’t so .
Still , there are multiplication when we all — myself let in — find ourselves in holding patterns , waiting for the right second to make our move . The longer we wait , the less potential it seems the complete moment will come . finally , we might even end up give up on that ambition , and what a tragic ( and unnecessary ) loss that is !
I ’ve found that when I ’m ineffective to move forward with my goal or ambitions , fear is normally at the root of the matter . I slip by back to the younger edition of myself who think that one tiny decision could determine my entire well - being . It ’s times like these when I need to mistreat back and gain some position : What will this novel , “ scary ” position be able to teach me ? If I fail , what ’s the big that can hap — and could it even be good if I do ? I wonder how I would handle the situation if _ _ _ _ _ happened ? At the end of the day , can I get a good story out of this ?
By taking on the role of a learner and by ask questions about the situation and about myself , the circumstances twist from ostensibly life or death to being something I ’m excited to dive into .
Now , you do n’t have to travel the world to chance the once - in - a - lifetime experiences you ’re curiosity will offer . By digging into life a little profoundly on the farm , you ’ll be capable to tame a richness of life sentence that venerate once put a muffler on . Have you put off sell your goat ’s Milk River because you ’re afraid of the legal summons involved ? Have you stopped yourself from making your homemade honey - almond liquid ecstasy in bulk quantities because you think no one would bribe it ? Did you plant the same old tomatoes , beans and squash because you did n’t know what you ’d do with all those beet and Brassica oleracea gongylodes you ’ve been craving ? Have you avoided starting a farm blog because you do n’t mean you ’ll have the time and no one will be interested anyway ?
I give you permission right now , right this second , to put all those doubts and fears aside and to simply do it . I ’ve told you this before , but you ’re with child and as a farmer , you ’re doing something truly admirable . Let your curiosity and creativity take over , and today bulge out doing that affair you ’ve always wanted to do .
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