“Waiting to be ready” before I go after something I want in life can be a wonderfully self-caring thing to do. I’ll just want to be careful about how I define “ready.”
If “ready” means “all green lights all the way, where I’m 100% certain everything will turn out exactly the way I want,” then I’m screwed. I find I’m never 100% certain about anything.
If “ready” means “at peace with any outcome,” if it means, “I may prefer one outcome over the other but I can handle the other too,” then I’m in good shape. Then there’s a clear “go ahead” moment.
I am ready when I’m not attached to things turning out any particular way.
I am not quite ready when I feel like I can’t handle certain outcomes.
When I feel I can’t handle a particular outcome, it’s because I have some confusion to clear up. I’m not seeing things clearly. So I pause and work with my confusion first. It does me no good to trudge ahead. Acting from a place of confusion just amplifies my confusion.
Instead, I’ll want to question every thought that tells me I need things to work out in any particular way, every thought that tells me I could ever lose anything I really need.
When I see that I can pursue any want and the universe will always hold me REGARDLESS OF THE OUTCOME, that’s when I recognize I am ready for anything.