“Showing up begins long before you stand at the start. Prove yourself an exception in a world where people talk more than act. Intent without follow-through is hollow. Disappoint yourself enough times and empty is how you feel. Make yourself proud. Fill yourself up. Show up.”
― Gina Greenlee, Postcards and Pearls: Life Lessons from Solo Moments on the Road
So many never try,
never show up.
Poor sods.
They’ll never know what
the big dice in the sky
might have rolled their way.
You miss 100%
of the opportunities
you don’t show up for.
Turn up.
Show up.
Be there.
Who knows?
You might win a prize.
You might make a friend.
You might solve
the riddle of this universe.
And if you don’t, at least
you showed up and
there was the chance that
the wind of being
might take you for a dance
to places never planned
and where only gods
fear to tread.
Show up.
It’s the only way
life knows
you’re in the game
and matter.
Showing Up