Everyone knows that a mighty oak tree starts life as a tiny acorn. Every hurricane originates with a single drop of rain. An elegant symphony begins with a single note. Great things—well, all things really—start small.
I get caught up in feeling overwhelmed way too often because I somehow forget the truth of the old Chinese proverb: the journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. Seemingly insurmountable obstacles in my life are less defeating when I focus on climbing my mountains one rock at a time. I’m searching for life changing inspiration but maybe I just need day changing inspiration. After all, self improvement is just being unhappy enough to do something about it today. I can do that.
But let’s be honest, not all beginnings feel good. Starting a workout routine is usually accompanied by fatigue, soreness, and plenty of sweat. Moving is frustrating and time consuming and some days it feels like you worked for hours and hours but accomplished nothing. Starting something new is daunting and sometimes risky, whether its a new job, semester, school, or life stage. There are usually false starts, and the desire to backtrack to the way things were seems tempting; but change is usually for the best, even when it’s painful and scary. Failure when you do new things is inevitable and can be discouraging, but it’s only permanent if you let it be. Rejection is the end of a dream but it’s also a beginning for new things. So you didn’t make the yes pile, didn’t get the lead role, maybe you bombed an interview, or flubbed up a date. Now you can pursue something else you wouldn’t even have considered, had your path been easy and free of obstacles.
Whatever happens, keep planting acorns, taking journeys one step at a time and maybe one day you’ll find yourself in the shade of a huge and beautiful oak tree, somewhere wonderful, completely unexpected, and worth the wait. And the best part? It’ll be just the beginning of the next adventure. So start something new. Maybe that thing you’ve always wanted to try…
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