I wrote this about a year ago, but it still rings true today.
Sometimes I find myself in this place. I think we’ve all been there before.
“What if…”
“What if…” is my biggest fear for Jojo.
It can be anything.
And in those times I dwell on “what if…,” I find the worry I create is caused solely by my lack of faith in my son’s abilities.
“What if he fails…”
I find my biggest fear is not about my son at all.
My biggest fear is that is about MYSELF.
That when I look at the future I will always see the limitations.
That I will never have faith in my son’s abilities.
In those times, I have to remind myself that the only thing we can control is the here and now.
We can’t control the future.
We can control today.
I find I have to constantly remind myself to just strive to make today a better day than yesterday.
And then I can replace my fear of “what if…”
With my faith in “what if…”
Because while I have been dwelling on “what if he fails,” I completely ignore the notion of…
“What if he succeeds?”