what's holding you back?

i keep thinking about this today. i was trying to decide if i should post today and i was figuring out what exactly to say, and what the theme should be. one thought came into my mind. it was "what's holding you back?" soon after i thought of that, i was eating chocolate covered pretzels. the back of the package said, "what's your excuse?" then i was looking through my pictures and this one came up (from the great gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald). three times this message came up in different ways and different words in five minutes.

i began wondering why we don't ever DO anything. we all say, "oh yeah, i should be doing this, i should have done this, i need to do this" why doesn't anyone every try and correct what they know they should have done then? another quote from the great gatsby, "and all of a sudden i didn't care. what was the use of doing great things if i could have a better time telling her what i was going to do?" (page 150) i think a part of us does this. we make up all of these grandiloquent plans because it's fun to. and another part of us doesn't want to try to chase our aspirations for the fear of failing, or being told no.

but if you never ask, the answer is always no.

just try, you'll never know if you don't.

what's holding you back?

i'm going to a whole new school next year just to follow what i want. is your road block that big or is it yourself not letting yourself do it?

love, savannah