First Steps – Hardest to Take

Being something is always difficult. I remember, as an eight year old, I wanted to be a bike rider. I’d been given a bike for my birthday, and had sat on it, but that didn’t make me a bike rider. To get to that illustrious stage, I had to actually get both feet on the bike pedals, and pedal, fast, to beat Gravity!

But taking feet from the safety of the ground was the scary part, pedalling is hard work, and Gravity is a bitch and hated me. But eventually, after attempts and failures, skun skin, blood, bruises and pain, I did it, I became a bike rider. That first step to the glory of being a bike rider is like many things in life, it’s scary, and painful, if not physically, then emotionally. Being the loser that falls over instead of zooming along the road is embarrassing, at the least, and even worse if one lets it be.

But being a learner at anything, these are the needed steps, and each time you try something, really give it all you’ve got, well that is a thing to celebrate, no matter the result. So you fail at getting all the way down the driveway on your bike? So what, you got both feet from the ground and you pedalled some, you champ! One metre, two metres, ten, twenty, five thousand metres and more, it all starts with getting both feet off the ground, and trying.

So, if I am going to be the whatever it is I want to be, I will have to get my feet off the ground and pedal my hardest, ignoring any fear, and making sure I have enough band aids, to stop from bleeding too much! I can do this. I know I can, and I have the mindset, the story, the desire to share, and the ability to do the job. I am on my way to being the Public Speaker I most want to be!

You see, that is definitely one of my plans, my desired life roles. I have a story, I am able to speak well, interestingly, and both entertain, and inspire others. I know this, because I have been told so, by the ones who were entertained, or inspired by me and my words. I’ve lived a life worth telling others about. I’ve been down, way done, and am now up much, much higher.

So I have an inspiring tale to tell, regarding at least two kinds of potentially bad news, that have become good news stories, because of how I have been able to rise above the bad, to make it good. Child sexual abuse, and then a potentially crippling disability, both gotten over, and not holding me back. My life may have had some negative aspects, but my life attitude, that is rolled gold positive stuff!

I am now living a good life, because I have worked at making it so. Some things can hold you down, if you let them, for sure. I have been able to work through the bad things, with help from terrific family and friends, and am now living a good life, on the way to becoming a great life. I have written words I’ve shared and will continue to share with others, and now it’s time to share my spoken words!

I will become a noted public speaker, and if it couldn’t happen this year, for the obvious reason of this terrible Covid 19, let it be next year, with the year 2021 becoming the year I took my next, and possibly biggest step into the life of a Public Speaker. This blog post is announce my commitment to stepping more directly into public life, a firm step into life as a public speaker, as all of my writing life, books written and published have been steps towards affirming the truth of being an interesting person, adept with words, and with plenty of good stuff to tell others about!

My contact details are here, my book details are here As you can see, if you take a look, I have written on a wide range of things, some serious, some funny, all of it interesting! If you need a public speaker, contact me, and we can make it happen!