I read that old saw again yesterday – you know: “You only have one chance to make a good first impression.”
And I started wondering just how true is that??? I mean, it’s true in the microcosm – with these particular people, in this particular venue — but mostly, if you change your target, you get a whole new audience to impress! And since (contrary to your “I AM the Center of the Universe! aren’t i?” voice) you aren’t the topic of all conversation, most of the folks who didn’t see the first iteration won’t ever know about it; so you can start over, again and again and again.
But — your Inner Voices will always remember what that very first time looked and (more important) felt like – and I think that’s what really underlies the oh-so-commonly-paralyzing “fear of failure”!
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So… Your assignment, Mr. Phelps* whether you choose to accept it or not(!) is to look at the story you’re telling yourself about this, and rewrite it so it doesn’t become another club for your I.V. to beat you with, but an “AttaBoy” for Doing It At All (flagged with a fluorescent sticky-note and a glowing gold star)!
Love to you-all, and to me (that’s important to remember, too) and
Bright Blessings, as always!
*Yes, that’s a “Mission Impossible” reference, there (wink)
Hooray! This only took one morning to write, edit AND POST! Yay, Me! 🙂
January 30, 2014 at 2:42 pm
(little secret – I have the Mission Impossible theme as the ring tone on my phone for people I don’t know personally. But I’m careful to turn the phone off when I’m in certain places, like a hospital waiting room or at a funeral …)
January 30, 2014 at 10:30 pm
TeeHeeHee, CC! Yeh – and those are good places to have it turned off, no matter what the ring-tone is! 😉
Thanks for stopping by
January 30, 2014 at 5:32 pm
Very nice. Cute too! Thanks for the post!
January 30, 2014 at 11:49 pm
Glad you enjoyed it. Thank YOU for stopping by…
February 2, 2014 at 10:35 am
All the gold stars for you, Karen. *hugs* I like this epiphany.
February 3, 2014 at 12:03 am
Ohh, SaraHemily!
Thank you so much for the extra GoldStars, my friend! 🙂
February 8, 2014 at 9:52 am
Just snagged this quote from Jess’s Brazen Bible blog:
“You wouldn’t worry so much about what others think of you if you realized how seldom they do.”
~ Eleanor Franklin
http://www.thebrazenbible.com/because-frankly-my-dear-you-shouldnt-give-a-damn-heres-why/
March 4, 2014 at 8:06 am
Yes! Protecting our “reputations” is akin to placing a Mardi Gras mask in a vault and hiring guards to protect it in all its flimsiness.