Go Forth — Even When You Don’t Know the Way

Parshat Lech Lecha: The Courage to Begin Before You’re Ready

In this week’s parsha, G-d tells Avram, “Lech lecha — go forth from your land, from your birthplace, and from your father’s house to the land that I will show you.” Avram doesn’t ask for directions, guarantees, or details. He simply goes.

There’s a powerful life lesson here. So often, we wait until everything is perfectly aligned — until we have every answer, every plan, every assurance of success — before taking the next step. But if we’re honest, that moment rarely comes. Growth demands movement, not certainty.

Sometimes, to make something happen, we need to throw ourselves into it even before we have it all figured out. Not recklessly, but courageously. Taking calculated risks is part of being alive. We’re naturally wired to be cautious — it’s a basic survival mechanism — but if we let fear dominate, we stay stuck.

When we put ourselves out there, we feel vulnerable. We might fear embarrassment, failure, or rejection. Yet that’s exactly where growth begins — on the edge of the unknown.

Avram teaches us that you don’t need to see the whole map before you start walking. The act of moving forward creates the path itself.

So this week, take a step — even a small one — toward something that scares you. Make that call, start that project, initiate that change. You can’t do the same thing and expect different results.

Go forth. Change your pattern, change your outcomes, and change your world!