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Why is Action so Important to Making Anything at all Happen?
Because without action we have no power to control anything tangible or intangible.
We can think and feel all day long — and go nowhere.
Without taking action — thought and feeling have no power.
This is why I replaced the idea of a New Year’s resolution with a New Year’s action at the start of 2012. The action I took — rather than an idea of a resolution — led from blogging once a week to my current 5 days a week of blogging.
This would not be without action.
It is this idea that, to me, explains the meaning of my favorite Yoda quote,
“Try not. Do or do not. There is no try.”
Like a resolution, the concept of “try” doesn’t necessarily connect to action. I can try to do virtually anything I set my mind to. But it’s meaningless without the action of doing.
That’s why “do” is so much more powerful. It sets you up for action. And action is the only way to make anything at all happen.
Yes, you can make an argument that things happen all the time without action. That’s true. But they are not intentional. They just are.
