It's like taking your first steps all over again

Do you remember when you took your first steps? You have great memory if you do. For most of us, it is hard to member how we felt when we took our first steps because we were little. I don't even remember what I wore last Sunday, LOL. But even when I don't recall any of that moment of walking for the first time, I believe the feelings must have been a mixture of wonder, fear, and excitement. Why do I think this? Because these are the same feelings we keep experiencing every time we start something new, every time we dare to broaden our horizons, and every time we dare to do something we've never done before.

Those three feelings, wonder, fear, and excitement, are powerful; they can be the fuel that drives you into trying something new or something different, but they can also be the reason that paralyzes you or the cause for making the wrong decisions. Especially fear, because even when it is a perfectly normal feeling, sometimes fear can get irrational and hard to control. This uncontrolled feeling of fear may be the source of most of our missed opportunities. When fearfulness becomes an obstacle instead of a motivating force, we lose the feelings of excitement and wonder; we end up losing the chance to demonstrate that we can do it.

In the following weeks, I will be beginning a new path in my life by starting a new job in an area in which I've never worked before. I have to confess that I've been fighting with fear feelings since they told me the position was mine. I know it is normal to feel afraid when we start something new, even more so when you have not worked in an office environment for so long (more than 13 years) and even more when it is outside your area of expertise, but I never thought I would feel so uneasy. Even though it has been a bit overwhelming, and I have struggled to put my fears at ease, I have found comfort in knowing that God is with me wherever I go, so I know He will be by my side every step of the way. Thanks to this, I have decided to put all my fears aside and try this new path. I know that success is not guaranteed; it may be a good experience or a total mistake, but at least I would not have any regrets. And I know that whatever happens, everything will work out well because God is in control. I also know this is just a step towards my professional growth, so I will take the opportunity to learn as many things as I can.

Despite those feelings of wonder, fear, and excitement because you are undertaking a new path, it will always be better to dare to take a few steps and then fall than to not take any steps at all and live full of regrets and wonder what could have been. I invite you to breathe, to put all your fear and cares in God's hands, and allow yourself to start walking again.