Welcome to Day 23...
Bigger...Better...More...Faster...
These days the world tells us to go big or to go home.
But what if you can't go big? What if you don't have the time or the moxy? Can you still succeed?
Well the lesson from from the tortoise says you can win the race by going slow and steady. And as far as small?
Well best selling author Eckhart Tolle says small matters, in fact it's the basis for something great...
In his book A New Earth, spiritual author Eckhart Tolle reminds us that the foundation for greatness is "honoring the small things of the present moment."
And here's what he said in an interview with Oprah about writing his own book... "There's not some idea I'm going to create a work that's going to change everybody's consciousness," he says. "No. I'm just true to this moment, what this moment requires. It's a blank sheet of paper and a pen and a stillness. It's a small thing."
His words validate my days...
The truth is, I'd love to be able to spend 6 or even 8 hours dedicated to my writing. But my life is just not built that way right now. I have a full time day job and a busy home life, so I find moments, small moments, pockets of time when I can write and market.
If I didn't honor the value of these small moments I wouldn't have written and published four books already. Or be well in completing my fifth.
So if you want to win, want to create something great...begin with settling into the idea of small. Small moments...small steps...small achievements...it can all add up to something great.
Today's Takeaway Lesson? Also from Tolle...
"It's all a sequence of very small moments...and by being true to the small moment, something great arises."
Just a reminder...My contest for designing my next book cover is still open...Go to Synchronicity or http://www.maggiecollins.net/ now to vote for the best cover picture!
Here's to Being All In,
Maggie
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Watch Eckhart Tolle's clips here...http://www.oprah.com/own-a-new-earth/Eckhart-Tolle-on-the-Small-Steps-That-Lead-to-Greatness-Video
And more on him here...
365 Days & Counting...
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