Steady

# Chapter 130

Steady as she goes. Steady and dependable actions in a consistent direction will win the day. Steady small steps consistently taken along a course of intent, hope, desire, or destination, almost always result in success of some fashion. I can only remember one or two times in my six decades that this did not happen. Failure as it seems, is mostly a lack of intent, or consistent effort toward the goal. Said more plainly, most of my failures have come about because I was too lazy, distracted, lazy, busy, lazy or confused to take the actions necessary to get to where I thought I wanted to go. Mostly just too lazy . . .

It’s like this daily chapter of writing that I have been doing for the last 500 days. The pull and temptation to not write is still just as strong as it was 500 days ago. This very chapter is occurring very very slowly as I keep erasing, choosing a better word, a clearer manner, to communicate this idea. I really need to move this task to another segment of the day, when I am more awake, more flush with feelings and ideas, but the probability of it being completed each day, goes way way down, if it is not very nearly one of my first tasks each day. Gotta eat the frog first thing each morning. . .

So steady is your word for today, this week, even if Christmas is two weeks away and you are distracted beyond belief in the strangest year of our lives. Think of it as the best practice ever. If you can do steady in the Cornoavirus world, you can do steady all the time.