Never Be Ready

"Never Be Ready" Mat Kearney



We got our feet on the wire
Talking 'bout flying
Maybe we're diving in over our heads
Scared of what I'm feeling
Staring at the ceiling
Here tonight

Come on and lay down these arms
All our best defenses
We're taking our chances here on the run
The fear is an anchor
Time is a stranger
Love isn't borrowed
We aren't promised tomorrow

We'll never be ready if we keep waiting
For the perfect time to come
Hold me steady, we'll never be ready
When we don't know, though we can't see
Just walk on down this road with me
Hold me steady, we'll never be ready

You're OK here with me
Here in the silence
With all of the violence crashing around
Saying we can't go
Saying we don't know
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This road that is narrow is the one we should follow

We'll never be ready if we keep waiting
For the perfect time to come
Hold me steady, we'll never be ready
When we don't know, though we can't see
Just walk on down this road with me
Hold me steady, we'll never be ready

Steady my hands this one could turn around
Steady my heart, it's beating faster
Steady my hands this one could turn around
Steady my heart, it's beating faster
Beating faster now

We'll never be ready if we keep waiting
For the perfect time to come
Hold me steady, we'll never be ready
When we don't know, though we can't see
Just walk on down this road with me
Hold me steady, never be ready

Hold me steady, we'll never be ready
Hold me steady, we'll never be ready
Hold me steady, we'll never be ready

This song reminded me about my fears and my life and my worries. I always worry so much. I always try to be prepared for everything around me. I always try to be ready, but as the song says "we'll never be ready." I had a sort of epiphany the other day.

I see life as this sort of winding mountain with tunnels and twists and turns and multiple dimensions. Actually more of an intergalactic mountain range. It never actually ends until it actually ends and at this point in my life the mountain range is nowhere close to ending. I can see ahead a bit. But most of the mountains (aka my goals) are covered high in the clouds. I won't always know what to expect. I won't always know what will be ahead. But that's OK! It's okay to not know everything beforehand. It seems so obvious, but for me it has really changed my life to think this way. It means that I can't control everything. It isn't my fault if something goes wrong every time. There is no need to blame and worry about the past mistakes if all I am going to do is worry. Fear is what holds us back. Fear of commitment. Fear of failure. Fear of change. Fear of the unknown.

As the song says: "The fear is the anchor"
"We'll never be ready if we keep waiting
For the perfect time to come
Hold me steady, we'll never be ready
When we don't know, though we can't see
Just walk on down this road with me
Hold me steady, we'll never be ready"

And as I think about my cynicism recently towards Obama and his failure to do everything I've wanted, now I have a new mindset: that we are walking down a road unknown. It makes so much sense. We can't just go gallivantering down the future like in the past. We need to tread lightly, while still taking risks. And we won't be perfect, we'll never be ready, but fear is the ultimate anchor to change we can believe in!

Have a peaceful night!