LITTLE BY LITTLE

When I was a child and started learning how to hand-wash my clothes, even though I was able to wash most of my things, I would struggle with bedsheets, towels and other thick or big items. This was because I was tiny and therefore had tiny hands. One day, I complained to my mom that the clothes couldn't fit into my hands for me to wash them the way i saw the adults do it. She then told me that I don't have to fit too much in my hand at a time but I could do it little by little. And so to this day, (because I still have relatively small hands), I hand-wash things that are big, bit by bit. I share this story with you because I realised that this advice could be applied to many areas of my life and that is exactly what I did. I have the tendency to get overwhelmed when there is too much to do at a time, so I made it a point to get things done a little at a time so it doesn't all pile up. This is especially true when it comes to making progress in our lives. Sometimes, we get discouraged when we see how far others have come because it makes us feel inadequate. We feel like we are total failures because our age mates or old school mates have achieved one thing or the other and we have not. Although it's good to be inspired by others to want more and do more, we must also not forget how far we have come. We may not have chalked the same successes as our friends but there may be other things that we have done that may not seem so grand as compared to their achievements. They may have a PhD or some high executive position in a big company, but we may have started a family or grown a small business all by ourselves. The point is that, we need to remember that no matter how little our progress may seem to us, even a little progress is better than no progress. Also, progress looks different to different people and what you may consider as an achievement may not be so for another person. So, never discredit the growth that has gone on in your life, no matter how small it may seem. Just don't forget to keep moving and little by little, you'll get there.


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