There are moments when the world feels too loud and your chest feels too heavy. You sit with the silence of uncertainty, waiting for something inside you to shift. You tell yourself, “Not yet. Maybe tomorrow I’ll feel ready.”
But tomorrow comes, and that feeling never really arrives.
Readiness is not a sudden rush of confidence. It is not the moment when fear finally dissolves or when everything around you feels calm and aligned. Readiness is not a feeling at all. It is a decision.
You will always feel a little unsteady. Your hands might still tremble when you take the first step. Your voice may still shake when you say yes. The butterflies may never leave your stomach. And that is all right. Those feelings do not mean you are not ready. They simply mean you are experiencing life.
Being ready begins in the smallest of ways. It is the pep talk you give yourself: “It’s scary, but I am going to try it.” It is choosing to walk forward, even when doubt presses on your shoulders. It is standing in the middle of uncertainty and saying, “I will begin here. I will begin now.”
You do not need to feel brave before you start. Courage grows after the decision, not before. The act of choosing builds the strength you thought you were missing. Step by step, you begin to see that you never needed permission from your feelings.
If you wait for fear to leave, you may wait forever. But if you decide to move with it, you will find that fear is not as heavy as it seems. Every decision to start, however small, teaches your body and heart that you are capable. That you can trust yourself. That readiness lives in action, not in waiting.
So when your mind whispers that you are not prepared, pause. Place a hand on your chest and feel your heartbeat. Notice how it carries you, steady and alive. Breathe deeply and remind yourself that readiness is not something you receive. It is something you choose.
You are allowed to begin scared. You are allowed to begin unsure. You are allowed to begin imperfectly. What matters is that you begin.
You may never wake up one day and suddenly feel ready. But you can always decide. And that decision will always be enough.
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