“It isn’t the mountains ahead to climb that wear you
out; it’s the pebble in your shoe.” —Mu h a m m a d A l i
That tiny pebble in your shoe is annoying. It hurts. In life it usually
is the small stuff that annoys you the most. That is, if you let it.
Stop. Take off your shoe. Shake the pebble out. Put your shoe back
on. Keep walking. Deal with it before you have a full-blown blister.
Minor problems or discomforts are best dealt with early before they
really blow out of proportion. Avoid the everyday distractions that
prevent you from seeing the big picture of your life.
What does it matter? Nothing I do will make a difference. These
are the excuses you tell yourself to feel better when you do not do the
little things you know you should. You are small, but you do matter.
Have you ever had a pebble in your shoe? Try and tell yourself that
pebble is not bothering you. I bet you can’t. Ultimately, little things
can make a big difference and small differences add up. Doing a little
something extra for someone can mean the world to them. Minor
adjustments (i.e. pausing and removing that pebble from your shoe)
can have a big impact. Not being able to fix everything does not
mean there isn’t value in changing what you can. Stop making the excuses
that nothing you do matters, it does matter. Remember the starfish story:
An old man sees a young person throwing starfish back into
the ocean after a storm. The old man asks why the young person is
doing this, since there are so many starfish and miles of beaches. The
young person replies that they are saving starfish from dying in the
sun. The old man says that the young person cannot possibly make
a difference. The young person picks up another starfish and throws
it back into the ocean, saying, “I made a difference to that one!” The
old man is inspired and joins the young person in throwing starfish
back into the ocean
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