“So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth.”
—Jesus Christ (Revelation 3:16)
 

f you need to think about it, you’re not ready. The answer is “no.”

I have learned, through my own experience, that if my eyes roll up into thought and I’m pausing, my choice has already been made for me.

You see, commitment is big.

When I found Zen and realized my life was starting to become better because it was in my life, I didn’t “wonder if I was going to go meditate,” and I didn’t “hope to end up at a monastery,” and I didn’t “guess I was going to train deeper.” Every fiber of my being screamed “Yes!” And I began to take the necessary steps required to get me from where I was to where I needed to be.

Only the heart can make such choices, because the heart operates in decisionless decisions.

The head needs to weigh out options. It needs to measure out the pluses and the minuses. It needs to see if the R.O.I. is significant enough and if there isn’t something better out there to consider first. It needs to put things off indefinitely because this decision is so serious.

What I will tell you is the voices would love to shelve your life into “maybe/someday,” so on a day when there’s no going back, the voices will gut you with regret. They’ll paint a beautiful life you wasted on “playing small and being safe,” dangle it in front of your face, and then light it on fire while you weep.

Until then, my recommendation is to check in with your heart. When presented with an opportunity, ask yourself if it has the potential to open you up to limitless possibilities. Your heart knows.

Check in to see how much fear is present. Use it to inform you instead of scare you. Because on the other side of every great fear is a proportionally great joy waiting for you to leap.

Remember.

If you hesitate too long, you will miss. The portal will close, and the party will move on to the next town.

Only now is real.

Use it.