Throw down your pom poms…

I was in the mood for shutting my brain off this weekend and decided to watch a little T.V. While I was channel surfing, I saw a musician being interviewed, so I stopped to listen.

The musician was Trace Adkins and he was talking about the defining moment when he made a decision to become a real musician.

He had received a call one day from a friend about his music career, which he had given up on … thinking it was just a pipe dream.

After he finished whining about his lack of success, his friend said “When are you going to throw down your pom poms and get in the game”?

Surprised, he said “What do you mean, get in the game? I’ve been trying, just no luck.”

His friend said “trying? If you were really trying, you’d be in Nashville.”

At that moment, he realized that if he didn’t do this, he’d spend the rest of his life wondering … “What if?”

Wow, did this strike a chord with me!

You see, I’m the kind of person that’s sees talent and brilliance in everyone … else.

I think most of us are really good supporters of our friends and loved ones but when it comes to our dreams, we down play the importance of giving it your all.

During this interview, I realized that I would go to any length to help out anyone else but I wasn’t really playing the game for myself.

Why, you wonder?

Perhaps … A hundred different forms of fear.

You know, the funny thing about fear is that it will never go away until you face it.

Then, guess what?

There will be a new, bigger, more powerful one waiting for you to conquer once again.

I’ll share a little secret…

I used to think that I had more fears than most people. I truly believed that something was wrong with me and that it wasn’t natural to feel so much fear.

A good friend and mentor told me that I was comparing my insides to other people’s outside’s.

She said, “Everyone feels fear, but it’s what you do with the fear that matters most.”

If fear is holding you back, a great book to read is Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway by Susan Jeffers.

So, throw down the pom poms, feel the fear and get in the game!

Have a wonderful day!
Nicole