Inch by Inch, Life's a Cinch

When I was growing up, my father used to say,
"Inch by inch, life's a cinch.
Mile by mile, life's a trial."

Now my father is pretty cheesy,
and I am pretty arrogant,
and so I scoffed at his commentary.

But it is true.

So many things in life seem overwhelming
because we look at where we currently are
and compare it to where we want to be
and see an impossibly wide chasm between the two.

What we need to do is break the task into small,
easily accomplished steps.
The two most important things in this process are
direction and momentum.

When determining the steps,
work backwards from the end result
back to the current situation.
That way you can be assured
that the steps you take today
lead in the correct direction.

And once you start, keep moving.
Newton's first law of inertia states
"an object at rest tends to stay at rest,
and an object in motion tends to stay in motion."

Make sure you are in motion
and that your motion is
in the direction of your goals.