“Thirty years ago my older brother, who was ten years old at the time, was trying to get a report written on birds that he'd had three months to write, which was due the next day. We were out at our family cabin in Bolinas, and he was at the kitchen table close to tears, surrounded by binder paper and pencils and unopened books about birds, immobilized by the hugeness of the task ahead. Then my father sat down beside him put his arm around my brother's shoulder, and said, "Bird by bird, buddy. Just take it bird by bird.”
― Anne Lamott
we can eat an elephant...one bite at a time. At that point a pretty big spoon is required though
ReplyDeleteI have picked up that saying from you. :)
DeleteI heard Anne Lamont tell that story.
ReplyDeleteOne foot in front of the other. It is how we all got started on our paths.
One moment at a time. :)
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