Bridges are for Crossing

It is a few days after I got the email but what is said in the James Clear email is applicable now as always. “"Use what you already know. People are so busy searching for a shortcut — or hoping an easier path will reveal itself — they let numerous moments slip by when they could get results simply by doing what is right in front of them."
I guess that sort of thing is what I hold to.  So often it seems to me that solutions, or solutions in the making, are right in front of me and not something future that I am hoping will appear.
I reckon the best thing I can do is act from peace rather than desperation.  I know I need to look around to see what I already have.  It is when I use and make the most of that, that good and useful ideas become clearer to me.
There is an ad on tv at the moment talking about dads and a son says his dad used to say something like, “I have ideas I have not even thought of yet.”  I admit I like that because it shows acting from confidence.  Something may not be clear right now, but that does not mean it will never be.  So often the best I can do is see what is at hand and use that to its maximum potential.
It may become obvious that something else is needed over and above my current resources but that is ok.  My actions are born of hope and as is often said, “the more I practice the luckier I seem to be.”  When actions are born of despair, I am inclined to want to throw the towel in and decare it is all too hard, and I can so easily miss grasping the very thing that I need.
Actions born of hope do not bury their head in the sand or declare what is not as something that is based solely on unrealistic optimism.  To some what I hold to may seem to be a bridge too far, but to me it is a bridge I will get to and cross with what I need, when I need it.   
In the meantime, I will do what I know to do and use what I have.  The more I use what I have, the more I have, and the better I get at using it.  When the time is right, I will be able to cross that bridge.