Welcome to our first FMF link-up of October 2023! I hope your month is off to a great start.
If you’re new to the Five Minute Friday community, a special welcome to you!
Learn more about the link-up and how it works here.
This week’s FMF writing prompt is: ATTEMPT
Set a timer for five minutes and give it your best attempt! 😉
And . . . GO:
I’m often hesitant to try new things. I usually think it’s a good idea at first, but then I calculate the risk and think of all the things that could go wrong, and sometimes I throw in the towel before I’ve even started. I see what other people are doing and accomplishing and think, “Maybe I should try that,” but then I convince myself that it’s either a waste of time or money (or both), or that I won’t be successful, so why try?
But in recent years, I’ve been trying harder to persuade myself that it’s worth a shot. You never know if something is going to work or not until you try, right? So I’ve been trying to give myself grace and permission to just try — even if it fails.
Like throwing strands of cooked spaghetti against the wall, sometimes that thing will be a complete flop and sometimes it will stick. And sometimes it may stick for a minute, and then flop. 😉
But my point is, we’ll never know if something will work unless we have the courage to make a first attempt. And sometimes a second and a third . . .
We have limited time in this life, and God has given each of us gifts to use for His glory. If I’m sitting over here with my gifts but I’m too afraid to use them in case I feel like a flop or a failure, what good is that to anyone else?
May the Lord give us the grace, courage, and discernment to put a foot forward where He wants us to step — even if that step becomes a falter and ultimately a fall. At least we will fall into His arms.
STOP.
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Join the link-up with your own five-minute freewrite on the prompt, ATTEMPT, then visit your link-up neighbor to read their post and leave an encouraging comment:Â
In attempting what cannot be done
most each and every day,
I’ve been having lots of fun,
and find that, come what may
the Lord presents a smiling face
to a questing soul,
and His gift of helpful grace
lifts me up and keeps me whole
even though things fall apart
(as things impossible must).
I start again with happy heart
and in His love I place my trust
as I dust off, begin again
on failed dreams that yet remain.
Three and a half minutes. Okay.
Love this Kate! Thank you for sharing. I feel like this a lot these days!
I think of what I was told as a child… if at first you don’t succeed, try, try again.
I’ve always been afraid of failure, but the more I mature the more brave I get.
Best wishes and prayers for you as you try new things.
Kate, I want to thank you for this opportunity and platform on which to share ideas and words.
It really is a blessing and in the busyness of life, I know that at some point in the week I can make five minutes to think about the word you choose and come up with a hopefully coherent thought on the word.
I refuse to read any other post until I have written mine, as I want my post to be my own first thoughts.
It looks like experience has taught us both the same lesson on having a go in life.
Blessings to you.