Sometimes I sit around and think about all the bigillion unwritten posts I have rolling around in my head. I seriously walk around drafting bits and pieces, one-line catch phrases of would-be blog posts, as I go about my regular business on any given day. That's how this one started; however, the "Ginny, just get your butt up off the couch, and write!" motivator hasn't been so effective in manifesting results. This got me wondering: how many projects and ideas have not just been scrapped, but floated off into the great abyss of never-to-be-shared, unrealized production?
Honest self-reflection on my own part will reveal I alone have allowed hundreds, maybe more, over the course of my lifetime, of these ideas and inspirations to raise their sails and catch the first wind of distraction or laziness to carry them away, never to return. Everything from blog posts to business ideas, songs to community events, they were all well-intentioned ideas when conceived, but so few surviving to full-term. To be sure, some have not cost society at large any major loss, but some may have been great, had potential to make an impact on someone's life. Some may have touched many, while others just one or a few, though no less important for their more limited impact, as each individual is just as valuable as the next.
I am one person. If I alone may have had such an impact with these forsaken ideas, how many more, across the world, across all time, have been lost, and their potential for impact with them, all for a vote in favor of simple laziness, perceived inconvenience, and f-e-a-r? How many lives have missed out, because I-because we-have not acted on all God gave me (us): a gift to share? How now will I (we) live, humbly reflecting on the gravity of our potential impact and role to play, moving forward?
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