Just take the first step

Nightly check-in with Samira

Hey my friend, how are you? Hope your day was great. Today, I learned something valuable. I actually reached this clarity of mind, after listening to this great book, Success principles by Jack Canfield. In the book he emphasized the importance of leaning in. You know for most of my life I had this urge of exactly knowing where the path leads, every step, before stepping in to it. I think it is partly my scientist/analytical left brain that is used to taking calculated actions. This way of thinking has not helped me in taking steps towards dreams that are not entirely vivid in my mind and the steps towards those dreams are not clear to me. I have been waiting for clues to define the dream. Wasting the time that I could actually take small steps towards it. But I learned, my friend, that sometime to reach the fullest potential of our dreams we need to act on them, we need to lean into the path and we need to accept that maybe it means just knowing where the first step is, trusting that other steps will reveal themselves along the way. This is a very profound revelation for me. Because my friend, I have a dream, a dream that is an uncharted territory. My dream is to combine my passion to serve people with love and kindness, with my passion in storytelling and art and my passion in science. How can you come up with something unique that can also give you an opportunity to earn living. I haven’t figured out this yet but I have decided to step into the path, trusting that it will reveal itself. I am taking the first step. I have a vague image of where the destination is: I want to empower the human behind science and technology and promote a reform in STEM culture that is reflective, human centered and accommodate the diversity of ideas and people. I have decided to trust. For me the first step was taking a coaching training. I know that for helping people to become better innovators, I need to help them connect with who they really are and address the shadow the carry within. Coaching training will give me the necessary skills to help people navigate that path. I don’t exactly know what the best step after is but I am trusting that by just stepping into it, and taking action, the path becomes clear and I can take next steps. I wanted to share this with you my friend, because I know sometimes you may also feel you have to plan out everything before taking action towards the dreams of yours. Seems we don’t have to, we just need to trust and take the first step. Isn’t that liberating? Okay, I have to go now. Have a great night.