To be or not to be

I was delaying writing anything as I knew something would be coming from James Clear this morning.  I wanted to see if there was anything said in the email that rang a bell with me.
Turned out there was.  It was something quoted that a novelist Toni Morrison said.  It was the last part of the quote which I hold to. "If there's a book that you want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it. The same is true of any endeavour: if the solution you seek doesn't exist, create it."
So often I hear something like this said, “I was looking for this and did not find it where I looked, so I went elsewhere.”
It is my belief that that is ok for many, but I contend it is not ok for all.  Sometimes I think the sense of needing to stay should dominate.  When that is the case, if what I want does not exist it is up to me to make it happen.  There is definitely work in that and building takes time.  Yet the movie quote to me stands the test of time.  “Build it and they will come.”
Sometimes to me the lack of something is an invitation to do it.  I find this sort of thing happens for me all the time.  If I do not face challenges, I tend to stand still.  I sometimes ask myself why I do all I do, yet I know that if I was not doing something I would be doing nothing.
For me the growing as a person is in the doing.  Certainly, the alternative is easier.  It is way easier to be in the stands watching and declaring how it should be done, then to be on the playing field making it happen.
For me there is a greater sense of achievement and ownership in changing a landscape that needs changing, than in only enjoying the fruit of another’s labour. Both are good but both needed to start somewhere.