Every spring, it seems like the woods are bare and brown one day and lush and green the next. But, in fact, the transformation is a slow evolution. If you’re in the woods every day, you see the barely perceptible green haze that shows up before the last frost. You see tiny buds appear and you watch them gradually unfold into leaves. You see slender green stalks sprout radiant spring flowers.
I was thinking, today, about how this annual change in the natural world is a reminder of the change that happens in all of us. Sometimes, it is sudden and shocking. But most often, it is so slow as to be almost imperceptible. I think we are all changing all the time. I am realizing that, if we don’t make deliberate, small choices to change in the ways we want, we give the reigns to chance. And, over months and years, we might slowly transform into someone we never wanted to be.
It sometimes seems daunting to think about changing oneself. Losing 20lbs might seem impossible. Running a marathon might seem out of reach. Learning a new language might seem undoable. But, if you focus, not on the big challenge, but on the tiny daily choices easily within reach, over time, you will make progress towards that distant goal. And one day, you will wake up and realize that it’s just within reach.
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Hear, hear! ❤️