While I know she’s an actress and it’s giving very much 90s infomercial energy 🥴🥴… I’m not even gonna lie, what he said still hit me.

Because for me, it really made me think about how many times I’ve stopped myself before anything even had a chance to happen. Not because I couldn’t do it, but because I already decided in my head how it might go… or how it might not go.

I’ve realized I do that more than I want to admit. I’ll think about the possibility of rejection, or something not working out, and instead of just trying, I pause… or I don’t move at all. And then nothing happens, but it’s not because it wasn’t possible—it’s because I never gave it an actual opportunity.

And after watching this clip, it kinda sits with me differently now.

I was raised on faith, so “faith without works is dead” has always been something I’ve known. Same with “we have not because we ask not.” But knowing it and actually living it are two different things. I can say I believe something all day, but if I’m not moving, if I’m not asking, if I’m not trying… then what am I really doing?

A lot of times, I’ve been the one in my own way. Not anybody else. Just me. My thoughts, my hesitation, my overthinking.

And I don’t say that in a negative way… I’m just being honest.

So for me, this was really just a reminder. Not even anything deep or complicated. Just a simple check like… stop talking yourself out of things before you even try.

I’m still working on that. Probably always will be.

But yeah… it hit.

Credits

Shout-out to Tsvetta Kaleynska (www.youtube.com/@tsvetta) for this clip and giving me a nostalgic but needed flashback.