Watch out for the inner accusations of procrastination when they are not justified at ALL. I have learned that sometimes, I am actually being instinctively smart NOT to do something. It may be that a Key piece of information or understanding has not yet come to me. Or it may be (often) that a key player involved in the final outcome of my action is not yet in place or ready to be part of the thing.

The rural community I'm in has a lock on the whole thing of timing-- nothing important happens here or moves forward until the right people just happen to run into each other, shopping for instance, and "have a conversation" about the thing in question. Action here always occurs in the context of strong community relationships. I used to think it was resistance to change. Now I see that it is an embracing of including the right people in making those changes without unraveling the lovely fabric of caring among neighbors. Sometimes the tiny little actions agreed upon in this fashion become the most powerful unleashed forces.

The other thing I have learned is that it is not always the timeliness that matters, it's the willingness to let things have their own rhythm. I can rail against procrastination or struggle in the face of too-rapidly unfolding change, as they dance back and forth.... or I can just enjoy the dance, and use the slow times for steady foundation building and the fast times for blitz-building.

Thanks for raising the topic, Peter T. Oh, and I'll quit putting off that letter I owe you!

~S~