The Power of NOT YET

Today I learned about the power of not yet is closely related to how safe it is to fail. We don't traditionally think about safety in failure. We are conditioned to think about only succeeding. To not succeed is to fail. To fail is shameful. And yet, how often do we fail to listen, fail to grasp a concept, fail to achieve?

Not yet is how I felt climbing the mountains in Ireland. Where one step before the next and another ruled. I was so exhausted. I questioned why I was determined to be cold, wet, and to break myself climbing these mountains. For what? A view? My health? The crisp air? An experience that I had never had? What's the difference climbing this mountain or the next? Am I doing this for the pub afterwards? What if I stop climbing... what then?

I'm not yet there.

Not yet, gives the hope that you will get there at your own pace and in your own time. Not yet, means the door is always open to success or trying or changing anything, anytime. Not yet gives you permission to pause and reflect. Not yet slows everything down but for the better.

I need this to be my standard vocabulary. Not yet, but I'm getting there.