Have you ever committed to something and then wondered if you were crazy?
I still remember the knot in my stomach that morning. The date was booked. Posters designed. Tickets selling.
Momentum building. But on the day of the event, with doors opening at 4 PM, the university still hadn’t approved the venue. No approval. No hall. No show.
It was noon. Four hours to curtain. Every “what if” started shouting. What if they never approve it? What if all the marketing goes to waste? What if this embarrasses me publicly?
That space between commitment and confirmation is uncomfortable. It stretches your nerves. And in that moment, I had a quiet choice: Retreat. Or stand in the discomfort.
At noon, the approval came. And we sprinted. Lights. Sound. Seating. Coordination. By 3:45 PM, the hall was buzzing. At 4 PM sharp, we opened the doors to a full house. Applause. Relief. Gratitude.
But what stayed with me wasn’t the applause. It was the lesson. You never truly know your capacity until you stand inside uncertainty. If everything was guaranteed, it wouldn’t require growth.
Sometimes the approval comes late.
Sometimes clarity comes close to showtime. But the risk is often what reveals who you are becoming.
Have you ever noticed that your biggest growth moments were the ones that almost didn’t happen? That uncomfortable gap between doubt and decision, that’s where expansion lives.
Maybe the next time you feel that knot in your stomach, it isn’t a sign to retreat.
Maybe it’s a sign you’re stretching.
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