…or in this case, us! Many people lay claim to this quotation, but the most reliable source seems to be Rabbi Hillel. Similarly, there are many stories about the situation into which he first spoke this wisdom, but I intend to steal it and exploit it for my own ends!
I am confident of a couple of things in life, God, my family and the fact that between us, Renee and I don’t have the confidence of one normal person! I use the term ‘normal’ loosely, as it is an overrated state of being. It seems safe to say that we are confident in each other’s abilities and in the fact that something needs to be done about food waste and the lack of healthy, ethical eating options in our area. Yet neither of us has ever felt like the trail-blazing kind. Other, fascinating, innovating, confident people start businesses and turn corners from established, enjoyed careers; not us. We aren’t natural leaders or entrepreneurs. We might, however, have the gumption!
Gumption, nous, chutzpah, whatever you want to call it, I reckon we got it! Confidence might be an issue, but tenacity is not. Alongside integrity and a clear mission, it is something Renee and I have buckets of. So it was that as we strolled back up West Green Road last Friday, having visited a potential local supplier, pendulum swinging, as it our way, between sheer excitement and utter terror about it all, that we discovered that Rabbi Hillel’s statement had been playing on both of our minds.
‘If not me, then who?’ became ‘If not now, then when?’, ‘If not here, then where?’ and ultimately ‘Why not?’ Things are coming together, and gathering momentum, this was just the spiritual reassurance we needed on a windy Friday morning in late November.
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