Starting again tomorrow

A former colleague of mine gave me a quote when was in the midst of a project and needed some faith that we would ever get to where we wanted to be. Since then I have stuck this quote to my computer and coloured it in pink so that my eye is drawn to it when my concentration is lacking, usually I hasten to add when things are not quite working out quite as I had intended. The quote is as below;

“Courage doesn’t always roar. Sometimes courage is the little voice at the end of the day that says I’ll try again tomorrow.”

Now don’t get me wrong I am not morbidly focussed upon the inevitable collapse of everything and the impending doom that is coming. But I find that it is often in those difficult situations, conversations and circumstances during your day that you have to remind yourself to have courage. This may not be the courage to force yourself or others to act but in fact to have the courage to keep trying or the courage to re-evaluate.

The last two Practices pick up on the theme of having the courage to have those difficult conversations, to make mistakes and accept them, as well as forcing yourself into uncomfortable places and looking at things from all angles even those unfamiliar to you.

http://realedge.commonpurpose.org.uk/home/staffpractices.aspx

It occurs to me that it is not just about having the courage to challenge yourself when things are going wrong and look at them differently but actually to give those around you the same courage to stop and review, to go into the unfamiliar or in fact to push on regardless.

p.s. there will be another practice out next week!