Knowing how to do a thing has very little to do with doing a thing. No one starts out knowing how to do anything. We all start off at zero. Then we learn and adapt. Being at zero is a dangerous place, because it can trick us into thinking we can’t do things. Most of us can do most things. I am grateful I don’t let not knowing how to do things stop me from doing things.
I have done a lot of things I didn’t know how to do. I didn’t know how to build websites, but I did. I didn’t know how to make database driven apps, but I did. I didn’t know how to write a book, but I did. I organized and hosted events even though I had no public speaking experience at all. I just did these things. I didn’t know anything when I started doing these things. I am grateful I took these leaps.
I haven’t always taken the leaps. I still often let a lack of knowledge stop me. I really shouldn’t, I should just do things. I’m grateful for all the times I did hard things even though I didn’t have a clue how to do them. It is from these things I have learned the most. I’m grateful we get to jump in and do things, even if we don’t know how to do them. If this wasn’t true, I wouldn’t have gotten much done in my life.