You will hardly notice it, it’s so small at
first, but it starts on the day you delay doing something. Doesn’t matter why you
delay doing what you should do, unless the reason is true.
Whether it’s fear, laziness,
procrastination or any other poor reason it doesn’t matter, just know that the
shadow starts then, at that very moment when the sun is still high in the sky of
your life and lighting your ability to do the task.
As the days go by and you fail to start or
finish the job in hand the shadow grows longer behind you. As you step into
each new day the shadow lengthens, its origination pinned firmly to the ground of
that day and the weight of what you haven’t done.
Oh why do we postpone so long, why do we
vacillate, why do we seek out other things to obscure the very task that is
weighing any real progress down?
Beware and know that the shadow you see
behind you reaching back into your past is also slowly creeping inexorably up
your back towards your mind. It will drain your confidence, question your
worth, it will make you forget what you once knew if you had just done the task
when it first presented itself. It will make the task feel insurmountable and
all the more so because your feet are weighed with the lead shoes made from the
knowledge you should have done it when it was the time.
And look, can you see that shadow beginning
to seep from you into the future. It begins to affect what you believe you can
achieve. The brightness and vibrancy of the colour of your life is dimmed by
the grey from your shadow of past.
We all have those shadows of varying
lengths. Look at them, don’t pretend they are not there. Identify those that
are holding you back, those that are pegged so firmly in the ground that any
true step forward is impossible. Then plan.
Work out which you can loosen on your own
and which need the help of others and ask. You are loved and friends will be
there to help the minute you face the shadows of your past that are colouring
your future.
Only you can change the sun that is setting
on your horizon into your new dawn.
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