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bluidkiti · 01-09-2024, 06:22 AM

January 9

Slowly wade in

If you can’t bring yourself to make the full effort, perhaps you can make a half effort, or a quarter. What if you simply start going through the motions?

At least that’s something. At least it puts your focus in a productive place.

Maybe once you’re sufficiently focused on the effort, you can begin to actually get good work done. It can’t hurt to move in that direction.

As you spend more time going through the motions, you will develop some momentum. Eventually that momentum can transform the superficial motions into meaningful progress.

It’s possible that just going through the motions will end up being a useless exercise. Perhaps, but the alternative, which is doing nothing, is guaranteed to be useless.

The water is too cold to jump right in. Yet there’s a good chance you can slowly wade in, and soon you’ll be swimming along nicely.

— Ralph Marston

01-09-2024, 06:22 AM	#11
bluidkiti Administrator Join Date: Aug 2013 Posts: 75,673	January 9 Slowly wade in If you can’t bring yourself to make the full effort, perhaps you can make a half effort, or a quarter. What if you simply start going through the motions? At least that’s something. At least it puts your focus in a productive place. Maybe once you’re sufficiently focused on the effort, you can begin to actually get good work done. It can’t hurt to move in that direction. As you spend more time going through the motions, you will develop some momentum. Eventually that momentum can transform the superficial motions into meaningful progress. It’s possible that just going through the motions will end up being a useless exercise. Perhaps, but the alternative, which is doing nothing, is guaranteed to be useless. The water is too cold to jump right in. Yet there’s a good chance you can slowly wade in, and soon you’ll be swimming along nicely. — Ralph Marston __________________ "No matter what you have done up to this moment, you get 24 brand-new hours to spend every single day." --Brian Tracy AA gives us an opportunity to recreate ourselves, with God's help, one day at a time. --Rufus K. When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on. --Franklin D. Roosevelt We stay sober and clean together - one day at a time! God says that each of us is worth loving.