Fear...

Fear is failure and the forerunner of failure.
Hesitate and all is lost. You're not qualified to judge yourself ready or not.
That said, take it at whatever pace you're comfortable with. *grin*
Movement is, quite literally, infinitely faster than standing still, and inevitable as well.

-- TDL, July 14, 1998.

(...Concerning myself and a certain person at an important crossroad.)