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“A Japanese woman once told me a traditional proverb. It went something like: a small amount of dust collected over a lifetime makes a mountain. Small steps taken many times, accumulate and lead to significant change—that’s how you get there”
It’s hard to be patient. We want change and transformation to happen dramatically with one potent insight, wake-up call, or breakthrough, but more often, change happens incrementally, slowly, barely perceptible to the eye. You probably don’t look that much different today as you did yesterday or how you will look tomorrow but ten years from now, changes will be visible. Making gradual shifts and taking small steps takes commitment and perseverance in the face of setbacks, regressions, confusions, and standstills. Knowing something intellectually is one thing but embodying the understanding is another—this is the work of a lifetime.