The Long, Slow Burn

“The difficult is what takes a little time; the impossible is what takes a little longer.”

— Fridtjof Nansen

Whatever the first weeks of 2019 have been like for you, and no matter what your goals are as you look ahead, I know without a doubt that there will be challenges in the cards for you. You probably know it too, and this knowledge can drive fears that may slow you down, confuse you, or just make the process of taking your daily actions a lot less fun. No one is immune from dreading issues that may arise, so we all need to find sources of inspiration to keep us going when things look drab, bleak, or otherwise not fun.

This week I wanted to share a great clip from motivational speaker Les Brown, who is full of wisdom and always entertaining. In this audio, he talks about how sometimes it takes so much longer than we want it to to get to our destination. Not only that, others may tell us that we’re getting nowhere fast, and we’re crazy to try. If you want that goal, you have to find ways to just keep at your efforts, knowing that there will be progress eventually. This may all sound fairly obvious, but I want you to hear his spin on this, because it’s memorable, and it may serve as one of those inspirations for you. If you don’t know his work, it may also give you someone else to follow for words of wisdom and inspiration, and most of us can use as many of these as we can get! Enjoy, and remember to Tap about and challenges that have already started to rear their heads in your path this year. We need both inspiration and learning, and constant acts of self-care in order to stay ready for our daily routines.