You never know when it'll hit.

Or when it will stick.

Sometimes you read a book and it immediately changes your life. The words permeate your soul, your being, and your essence. Your fabric alters as if finally hit by the horns of a bull.

This is rare.

It is beautiful, but it’s rare.

Sometimes you get a sniff of that feeling. You feel a sense of excitement, resonance and anticipation. But then, nothing changes. You might agree wholeheartedly with the author, want the change, but for whatever reason, life goes on uninterrupted.

There are plenty of articles online that’ll tell you Self-Help books are too general, that they don’t work because they are not “actionable”. But I think most of us who read would attest to the life-changing power of books (whether self-help or fiction).

I don’t know whether it’s something to do with the timing, or the relevance of the message that makes it stick.

Sometimes you’re just not ready.

And that’s ok..

But did you ever experience the unexpected thrill of delayed-onset-change?

Where a message finally slips through. Sometimes after years. You didn’t realise that there were 5 or 50 invisible steps you had to take before that wisdom could have an impact on you.

This is where books like Trust the Process by Shaun McNif, The Practice by Seth Godin, and The War of Art by Steven Pressfield have finally hit for me.

The idea that you don’t wait for the right time, or perfect conditions. You just create from where you are, with what you’ve got.

You just start.