You’re inconsistent.

You think and act in ways that fail to mesh with your values in principles.

Not just you, but all of us are walking and talking hypocrites.

But that’s not the whole story.

The rest of the story is that each time you catch yourself living inconsistently with your values is an opportunity.

An opportunity to:

• change,
• correct course,
• confess,
• ask forgiveness, and
• begin again.

Of course, it’s also an opportunity to:

• bow up,
• double down,
• give up,
• quit, and
• blame.

Hypocrisy isn’t the end of your story. It’s an intimate and defining part of it.

How you respond to your inconsistencies will go a long long way towards determining what happens in your life.

Choose the first set of responses rather than the second.

They are hard and uncomfortable steps to take but lead to healing, hope, and happiness in the end.

Most of all, they lead to growth and your best self.

You know that thing you need to do? That thing that scares you? That thing that everything within you dreads doing?

That thing is only scary and fills you with fear because you haven’t jumped in. You haven’t started yet.

“The scariest moment,” King said, “is always just before you start. After that, things can only get better.”

Most of the things we dread don’t turn out as terrible when we get up close and personal with them. Once you overcome your fear and begin things only improve.

So hear’s to getting started. To rolling up your sleeves and taking the first step. That's the hardest part. It's all down hill after that.

On the other side of that first step is the freedom that comes from beating fear. The freedom that comes from engaging discipline and doing things inspite of fear.