Commit 100% and Allow the World To Conspire In Your Favor
Last modified 7 months ago.
Below is a quote on commitment from the Scottish mountaineer, W.H. Murray (The Scottish Himalayan Expedition, p. 6-7,1951).
It’s widely quoted on the internet, but given how much it resonates with me, I want to repost it.
I hope that you enjoy it, too.
Until one is committed, there is hesitancy, the chance to draw back. Concerning all acts of initiative (and creation), there is one elementary truth, the ignorance of which kills countless ideas and splendid plans: that the moment one definitely commits oneself, then Providence moves too. All sorts of things occur to help one that would never otherwise have occurred. A whole stream of events issues from the decision, raising in one's favor all manner of unforeseen incidents and meetings and material assistance, which no man could have dreamed would have come his way. I have learned a deep respect for one of Goethe’s couplets:
‘Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it.
Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it.’