{"id":11031,"date":"2019-05-05T15:00:43","date_gmt":"2019-05-05T21:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/?p=11031"},"modified":"2019-05-01T20:45:09","modified_gmt":"2019-05-02T02:45:09","slug":"nothing-good-happens-until-you-let-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/nothing-good-happens-until-you-let-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Nothing Good Happens Until You Let It"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Nothing good happens until you let it. That&#8217;s the thought that came into my head today.  The reason?  Well, I was about to embark on a bit of an adventure and I was feeling all kinds of nervous about it.  To put it more bluntly, I was downright afraid&#8230;afraid of the unknown&#8230;afraid of the what if&#8217;s&#8230;afraid of stepping into unfamiliar territory&#8230;  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And then that thought came in my head &#8211; nothing good can happen until you let it.  And obviously letting it requires that I be willing to take a step into the unknown.  Darn that unknown!  Why does it always have to be so scary!     I mean really, what&#8217;s the worst that can happen?  Actually, maybe I shouldn&#8217;t have asked that question&#8230;oh heavens&#8230; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Then there was that thought again &#8211; nothing good can happen until you let it&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;ve decided to put on my big girl panties, to take a deep breath, to tell myself to calm down, and I&#8217;m inviting all the what-if thoughts in my head to kindly exit stage left.  I&#8217;m letting them know that the show is about to begin and I&#8217;ve come to the decision that they are no longer going to be starring in it with me, cause this is MY theater and it&#8217;s MY play, which means I GET TO DECIDE whose gonna be on that stage!! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Something GOOD&#8230;could you please report to stage&#8230;I&#8217;d like you to be the co-star in my grand adventure this week!&#8221;  And with that&#8230;the play can begin&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Invite something good to co-star with you this week in your adventures.  And remember, it&#8217;s your stage and your play, so get out there and SHINE!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>~Amy Rees Anderson (author of the book \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/What-Awesome-Looks-Like-Business\/dp\/1946633763\">What Awesome Looks Like: How To Excel in Business &amp; Life<\/a>\u201d ) <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nothing good happens until you let it. 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