Committing to Action

     Welcome! Are you ready to embark on a magical journey? Are you ready t witness miracles unfolding in your favor every day? Are you ready to receive the green light on all the pet projects your authentic self keeps whispering about? (Learn to paint, take up yoga, travel to Europe.) Are you ready for more peace, more time, and all the money you need to achieve what Sarah Ban Breathnatch calls "financial serenity?" (That last one's a trick question. More on that later.) I know I'm ready. So why is there hesitancy?
     This very first blog entry has me checking out facebook, deleting old text messages on my cell, checking my balance in my bank account and generally procrastinating, pen in hand. But why, when I'm so excited to write that I can barely work or sleep? Because I haven't truly committed yet. Sure, I feel committed. I envision the miraculous and magical ways our lives will change on this journey together. So what is the missing piece? It is what I am performing right now: an action.
     We can feel committed all we want, but only action shows the universe we are ready for the next step. I have studied a martial art called Moo Gong Do for 7 years and the founder, a wonderful man named Dae Young Kim, is fond of saying "action cures." This is an incredibly useful and powerful mantra. The universe is benevolent and self-correcting. Even if we take the "wrong" action, the consequences are designed to steer us back on course. But we must first make a move. Inertia is the only evil. It sucks us into a vortex of "what ifs" and self doubt. So today take an action. Any action. Sign up for that class, clean out the junk drawer, give a hug instead of a handshake. It's only nerve-wracking until you do it.