You can't try to do things; you simply must do them.
- Ray Bradbury
Starting a project is a strange thing.
A thought forms in your head, and day after day, it emerges anew, taking more and more shape, cleverly slipping itself on to your unending To Do list.
No longer just a fleeting thought, it has become an idea of some weight. And as you sit there, with your idea, you feel mischievous and secretive, pestered by this idea that no one else knows about. It's silly, you think, and they don't want to know about it. They won't understand, you insist, and they don't have the time.
But then you see them sitting there with nothing better to do, twiddling their fingers through another day, and you wonder, should I tell them? Will they care? What will I say? Is it worth it?
Then suddenly, before you've reached a decision, the idea spills out. I've been thinking... Quietly, maybe, but without a doubt, it has been spoken. Right before your very eyes, it has begun to materialize. Just as quickly as it left, you want to take it back. It's not safe out there. Who knows what they'll think? Who knows what they'll do? No, your idea does not belong out there where it can turn on you and become something you never -
Tell me more... What's that? That sounds interesting... Excuse me? I could probably help... Well... I don't see why not.
Wheels have been set in motion, yet only words have been exchanged. Perhaps it will turn out to be nothing. Perhaps you'll forget about it before tomorrow. Perhaps it just isn't time.
Regardless, in that moment, you are smiling. It wasn't all that bad, you think. The idea will be safe, better off, you realize. Out there, where they can see it, hear it, touch it. That's where your idea wants to be, where there is no safety, no certainty, no promises. You can only be sure that no matter where it goes and how great it becomes, it is your idea, and in that moment of daring, you breathed life into it and made it a reality.
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