Daily Gratitude: “Small deeds done are better than great deeds planned.”

Great plans don’t get us anywhere. Lots of small actions taken get us where we want to go.

So many people don’t realize this. It’s the compound effect and it applies to everything we do.

The key word is “do” (action). When my friend was recovering from chemotherapy she started her walking program by walking to the end of our small cul de sac. It wasn’t a marathon mileage wise but it was definitely a marathon effort wise.

She didn’t care what the distance was. She just knew she had to get out and do her walking. She kept doing it, with more distance as the days went by. She got back to full effortless walking. If she hadn’t “done” anything she would not have built her immune system back.

Wish you read more but don’t have time? Start reading one page a day. Then read one page whenever you have time to pick up a book (or your kindle).

Break everything down into tiny pieces and keep doing those tiny steps. You will be amazed at your results if you keep doing it.

Be consistent and persistent. You’ll be happy with your results.

Daily Gratitude: “You can’t get to courage without walking through vulnerability.”

This makes so much sense. It takes a whole lot of courage to be vulnerable. You know how children make fun of each other. We learn quickly that being open with others can be “dangerous”. Our “courage” disappears almost as much and as quickly as our creativity.

Then it takes us a very long time to regain that courage and desire to be vulnerable again.

Once you can endure opening yourself up again, there’s not much else that can frighten you away.

Have you become vulnerable again? Has it taken courage? I don’t have that much courage yet but I’m working on it.

Daily Gratitude: “What is remembered is not the event, but the meaning.”

Isn’t this so true? And before you do the “naysayer” thing, I feel the event is important because it stimulates the deeper memory- the meaning.

Think back to all the memories you have, good or bad. If you saw the event on a tv show involving other people, what would that event mean to you then? Would you have the same feelings and emotional response in you? I doubt it.

It’s all about emotions. If you were playing a softball game and you won would you respond in the same way on a day when your life is going well compared to a day when a loved one is sick and in the hospital? I doubt it.

But what’s different. On both days your team won the game. But your response is different because the meaning is different. When someone you love is sick, your attention and your emotions are focused on your loved one, not the game. Does that make sense?

The point of the quote is to help you understand why similar events may not elicit similarly meaningful memories.