Practice Focusing on Next Thing

Wednesday, October 19th, 2022

What practice leads you to your large dreams?

This week, I’ve been practicing.

Practicing chorale music I’ll be part of in Dec.

Practicing talk I’ll give next week.
In White Bear Lake, and at Northfield’s Fifty North.

Practicing creating some deliberate time
For acknowledging myriad things for which I am grateful.

Practicing patience as we try to
Figure out winter break we’d still like to have.
We had reservations on Sanibel Island, FL.—
Terribly damaged by Hurricane Ian.

In all of these, 
I notice the little bits that 
Come together, Improve, or Inform.

Another phrase that flows easily,
Another note sung on key,
Another option explored,
Another “practice” for noticing my life.

Very much like a bike trip …
That one-day, one-mile, one-pedal stroke
Mantra that I keep saying and doing.

Little pieces add up to get you where you need to be.
Keep at it—you’ll get there.

As you’re making your way,
Pay attention to how far you’ve come.
How much you have improved.
How much your life is expanded with your effort.

Hugs,
Lin

Limerick:
My efforts seem sometimes “unmoving.”
And sometimes I feel like I’m “grooving.”
Each small thing I do,
Will help me get through
The inching-forth task of “improving.”

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