So begins the game of hide of seek.  The counting’s over and the warning is given by the seeker to those those trying to hide.

Of course, there’s always at least one who’s not ready.

But this game is different.

You’re the seeker, coming whether you’re ready or not.

‘How old will you be before your ready?’*

You’ll never be ready the way you think you need to be; of course, this also can mean you’re ready right now.

‘We can and always should act with those three traits [hark work, honest, and helping others as best we can] – no matter the obstacle.’**

This is a journey of moving from potential to productivity, and the key to this is in the detail, in the small things.  When you turn up, do the hard work to hone your skill and make your art, when you’re honest about why you do this to yourself and others, and when you offer for the making of a better world, you’re ready.

Who you are now is where you begin: being faithful to your enough-ness gives your imagination the best chance it can have.

Who you’re becoming is your future.

“Do I dare disturb the universe?”^

(*Seth Godin, in 99U’s Make Your Mark.)
(**From Ryan Holiday’s The Obstacle is the Way.)
(^T.S. Eliot, quoted at the close of 99U’s Make Your Mark.)