Wait, don’t move.

You’ll only hear them when you move.

They’re just waiting to pounce.

Just waiting for you to take that first step.

Mostly they hunt alone, but sometimes the whole pack shows up.

You know who I’m talking about.

The critic.

Their job is to scare you before you even attempt to try.

They’ll have you wondering what they think, before you’ve even done anything.

They’ll make you freeze in your tracks.

And, they even have a friend on the inside.

Yes, they planted a mole a long time ago.

A pal, a buddy that will do the dirty work for them, just in case they don’t get to you fast enough.

And their friend, their buddy,

The one in your head.

The one they often rely on to do the job for them.

Your inner critic.

This tag team of external and internal critics will have you questioning your every dream and idea, if you let them.

Or you can learn to ignore them.

And if you ignore them long enough they might quiet down for a bit, but they’ll never go away.

So, if you want to live out any of your dreams, you need to learn to act, perform and proceed in the face of the critics and not try to avoid them, because that will be impossible.