it's OK if it's hard

So I'm in the midst of some hard work in my WIP and I will admit to a little whining and a lot of chocolate eating. But as I was walking back from McDonalds at lunch today (I hoped to get an ice cream cone for dessert...sadly, the machine was broken ahhhhhhhgain, which prompted more whining), I had this flash.

This is something simple--something I should have figured out years ago, but i think it's been an excuse for quitting things sometimes, for me.

Which is kind of an embarassing admission because really, this is basic.

Here it is.

Just because it's hard doesn't mean you're not good.

If I had figured this out years ago, and believed in it, maybe I would have played soccer long enough to not suck at it. And maybe I wouldn't have quit that biochem major I had for three minutes. Well, maybe I still would have. That lab DID smell funky. :-)

I think if you're good at enough things (you know I'm talking about you, overachievers), this is an even harder lesson to learn. Since some things do come relatively easy, then it's easy to dismiss the hard stuff. "I'm not one of the people who can do that," we say. Or, "that's not meant for me... I'm more a writing/math/swimming/take-out food kind of person."

Well, that's my wisdom for the week. But really it's enough wisdom for the year. I'll be reminding myself of this one for awhile.

Back to that plotline...