Doubt won’t let me be great.
I have ideas
but doubt says they’re dumb.
Too often the ideas
stay nebulous
and never become
living, breathing entities.
You can blame doubt for that.
I walk into a room
full of peers and
question whether I belong,
wonder if there’s even
something I can offer.
I stick to the periphery
so that the opinion
I imagine others have of me
won’t collude with
my own doubt.
I’m just not sure I’ve
got the fortitude to take
all of it on.
Doubt won’t let me be great.
Some days I struggle with
purpose, passion, and possibilities –
is it really worth pursuing these?
Are these selfish pursuits?
Doubt always has a word.
Doubt is loud.
Doubt is persistent.
Doubt is strong.
Often I forget there are
other voices –
Doubt’s isn’t the only
voice I hear.
What if I
listen to the voice
that created me
and put purpose within me?
What happens if I
train my heart to hear
the voice that says
there’s work for me to do?
It’s not all doubt’s fault.
I choose what I listen to.
When doubt is loud
it is because I have
forgotten who I am.
Doubt distracts me from
what is most important
with slams and straight up lies.
But.
Truth has more to say.
Truth is louder than doubt.
Truth will persevere.
Truth is stronger.
I’m gonna listen to Truth.
#PermissionGranted
