Have you ever sat down and looked at your kids or just any kid in your close environment and asked yourself, when did he/she get so tall. That right there is the best way to explain the compound effect in our advancement in life. Often time we move through life overlooking the small growth, the small steps, paying more attention to what others are doing, to their growth cycle instead of falling in love with our own journey. Visualizing is great, having goals is awesome, but what is more fulfilling is enjoying the little victories, the small steps forward, every one (1%) percent growth, because there lies the fuel to our biggest achievements.
For many of us, loving the journey would provide so much great return. Instead, we focus our attention on a big picture that we can’t fully grasp and overlook the pieces that can hold it together for the long run. If your goal is to plant a forest, be now the guy who enjoys planting one tree. It relieves from the pressure of achieving the final goal if we value the lessons gathered through the process. Not to say to go through life being content but it is to encourage one to dream big but to remember always that the realization of the dream goes into the details. The mindset you wake up in, the conversations you entertain during the day, the lines you read, the things you watch, every single detail plays a role in your journey.
Next time you wake up and feel bad that you haven’t realized your big dream yet and feel less than, take a look inside and see for yourself if you grew from where you started. In case you feel like you did not, just by making the decision to do that self evaluation, your mind shows readiness for the ride, it just needs you to fuel it with circumstances and opportunities that match your goal. You might not be where you wanted but don’t stop the course to look around, but look within and keep on going.
Everyone around you is writing their own life story, don’t make yours a bad parody of someone else’s because you were distracted looking at what they were doing instead of focusing on writing your own on the wall of life. Don’t overlook your 1% so you do not miss the compound interest that comes with it. Birth your ideas, dreams, take actions, crawl, sit, stand, fall, get up, walk, fall, stand up again, walk then run, until you defy gravity’s tedious interrogations. Stay the course, you won’t realize how much you grew until one day you wake up and your pants don’t fit, your current environment don’t fit you anymore. Even then keep growing, let your every step compound, visualize the big goals but don’t overlook the journey. To enjoy the garden, you got to love the process of planting, nurturing and maintaining your plants.
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