10/09/2026
Little by little, day by day. 🤍
I wonder if sometimes we become so focused on where we need to get to that the distance between here and there begins to feel overwhelming.
We do it with all sorts of things. We see the finished thing in our minds, the place we want to reach, the problem we want resolved, the change we want to see and suddenly we're mentally carrying every step it will take to get there.
I've caught myself doing exactly that lately with something I'm creating. There is still so much to bring together that instead of simply sitting down and enjoying the fact that I get to paint, my mind can already be ten steps ahead thinking about everything still to be finished, organised and worked out.
And suddenly something I love begins to feel heavy.
Maybe we all do this in different ways. We put so much pressure on ourselves to reach the finished thing that we miss some of the goodness of what is happening along the way.
Perhaps there is a gentler way to move forward.
To come back to what is actually in front of us today. To do that one thing well. To be present in it. And when our minds race ten steps ahead, to gently bring them back again.
There will be a time for the next thing, and then the thing after that. We don't have to carry all of those things while we're doing this one.
I'm beginning to think there is a big difference between having a plan and carrying the whole plan at once.
So perhaps whatever “there” looks like for each of us at the moment, we don't need to live there yet.
We can be here.
Taking today's step. Doing today's work. Receiving today's grace. And perhaps even enjoying some of the scenery along the way.
Little by little. Day by day.
Because here eventually becomes there. 🤍
