Are You Ready? Probably Not.

How did you know you were ready? 

This is a question I’ve received over the past few months as my fiancé and I planned our wedding. I heard it a lot this past week, as we got married and went on our honeymoon. And it got me thinking: Are we ever really ready for anything in our lives? 

I have no idea what life will hold for me as a married person. I don’t know if it will be difficult, if it will be a breeze, or if it will be wrought with sadness, or if I will be largely happy until the day I die. How can I be ready when I don’t know what it is I’m supposed to be ready for?

This train of thought took me back to memories of a few first days of school. I called my best friend the night before the first day of high school, and together we wondered what it would be like. We asked each other if we were ready. Later on, I tossed my cap after graduating college, knowing nothing of the difficulty the start of my career would hold. I thought I was ready. I certainly wasn’t. But high school turned out great, and the start of my career ironed itself out. I’m married now and I have faith that this will turn out great, too. 

So here’s the conclusion: we’re never really ready for anything in our lives. But that doesn’t matter. Time keeps marching on. If we wait until we feel more ready, opportunities have a way of marching along with time, right past us. So jump in! Go for it. Things will work themselves out as you live through them. 

Good luck out there.