I Almost Let You Stop Me…

I almost let you stop me…

… when you told me I couldn’t.

I almost let you stop me, when you told me horror stories and threatened me with fear.

I almost listened to you, when you said I could never change.

I almost let you stop me.

I almost stayed frozen in that box,

I almost listened to you and the lie,

when you told me that wall was too high,

and I

would be better off just playing it safe.

I almost listened, and I almost let you stop me from believing in myself.

“Remarkable visions and genuine insights are always met with resistance. And when you start to make progress, your efforts are met with even more resistance. Products, services, career paths - whatever it is, the forces for mediocrity will align to stop you, forgiving no errors and never backing down until it's over. If it were any other way, it would be easy. And if it were any other way, everyone would do it and your work would ultimately be devalued. The yin and yang are clear: without people pushing against your quest to do something worth talking about, it's unlikely to be worth the journey. Persist.”

- Seth Godin, from his book, ‘Tribes’