Momentum is a wonderful thing when it is working for you and a terrible thing when it is working against you.  I fell not too long ago and broke my ribs.  I was moving fairly fast, approaching my car to leave for a funeral, when I fell off my shoe and plummeted to the ground.  Had I been a bit slower, I probably could have caught myself, but I was worried I would be late.  Driven by fear of being late, I overly taxed my ability to maneuver the road beneath my feet. Isn't it interesting how just a little speed in one area can slow us way down in another? It took weeks before I could move quickly and breathe freely. I kept having little catches in my side.  It hurt when I took a deep breath but those deep breaths were exactly what helped me heal so quickly.  Today, think about the areas in which you feel hurried. Ask yourself, "Do I need to keep this up? Is this momentum helping me or hindering me?"  We have all heard, “Haste makes waste.” Are you being driven or lead? Jesus doesn't drive, He leads.  When you feel driven... stop. Take a few deep breaths. 
 
Matthew 6:34 Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble. KJV

Beginnings are always exciting, scary and yet anticipated.  What would you do if you weren't afraid?  That was a question I was asked once by a man and his words return to me often.  I am still asking myself that question.  What would you do if you weren't afraid?  The questions haunts me,  yet I have not been able to fully answer it.  I ask myself, “Am I afraid?”  The word tells us to, “fear not.”  Yet many in the Bible fell to their knees in fear.  In the last days we are told men’s hearts will fail them due to fear.  Yes, I know I have heard it too.  Fear is just False Evidence Appearing Real.  To humans however perception is reality.  Hence, the only way for me to live a fearless life is to have greater faith than I have fear.  Think about it.  If we have greater faith in God’s ability to protect us than in the world Satan’s ability to harm us,  then we will have no fear.  So day one, I will fear not- by feeding my faith.  As my faith grows my fears shrink.

Romans 10:17 So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.  KJV