Notes By The Wayside #44 – You Can Imagine the Worst and Still Do the Right Thing

Sometimes the mind shows you every possible failure.

It runs the whole reel: embarrassment, regret, collapse, rejection. It plays them in detail. You feel them in your chest, in your gut, in your jaw. The body believes what the mind invents.

You can still move anyway.

Just because you feel it doesn’t mean it’s prophecy.

Just because you imagine it doesn’t mean it’s coming.

And just because the fear is loud doesn’t mean it’s law.

You don’t have to clear your head to act. You don’t need calm to be steady.

You just need to remember what matters—and do it anyway.

Let the storm rage behind your eyes. Let your pulse pound.

You’re still in charge of your next move.