Friday 13 September 2019

A Paper Boat on the Sea of Doubt

(Just a thought from the shower)

When an idea first emerges it’s like a paper boat – delicate. 

It is launched into the Sea of Doubt where it is tossed about by winds of negativity whipping up waves to capsize it. Inside the boat is self-doubt, quietly ready to spill you overboard.

Try to talk to people about your idea because some of them might bring you wood, sails, varnish and many other things that can help strengthen a paper resolve. They can add other hands to the tiller to help navigate through the waves. Someone might even bring a ‘fibre glass’ moment that streamlines, strengthens and speeds you. 

A good idea can sail through the doubt and find the land to develop and build. It can steer round the rocks others place in the way.

But sometimes your ideas boat will sink. It might be under the weight of problems, it might have been launched at the wrong time or, simply, there might be a hole in it.

The important thing is not to be dragged down with it. There are always new ideas to launch, new seas to cross, new reasons to try. To be held back by the fear of failing merely adds further depth to the Sea of Doubt and can turn you into a negative wind for others.


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