"That's better," my Other-Self murmured. "Now, pay attention and learn something.

"You don't start off big goals with big steps. If you do, you'll end up stumbling over your feet. It's sort of like old joke, ‛How do you eat an elephant? One bite at a time."

"Stupid joke if you ask me. Who would want to eat an elephant?"

"That's not point but never mind. You start working on any big goal by doing something small toward reaching that goal. Then tomorrow you do something else small. And every day after that. The important thing is to keep up momentum."

"Yeah...I see what you mean. So I start by walking a block today. Then a block and a mailbox tomorrow. And pretty soon I'm making real progress toward becoming that guy with great abs. Do you honestly think I could development a stomach like that?"

"Well...anything's possible I suppose."

"Sounds like you're putting me down. Come on now, I need an image to inspire me?"

"Okay...if washboard abs are your thing, go for it. But inspire yourself with small steps and tiny victories. Think in terms of progress. If you do, big goal will happen without burnout."

"Okay, so I have this big goal, like getting into shape. But I begin in a small way such as a walk around block. Then I congratulate myself on getting started. The next day I go a bit further and hold a progress celebration. Then, after enough celebrations, I arrive at my goal. Hey, I think I like that approach. Tomorrow I will definitely begin."

"Have you noticed it's not raining out? Nice evening for a walk RIGHT NOW, don't you think?" ___________________________ ______________

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For instance, are you happy doing work you do? If you are, congratulations! If not, how long are you going to drag yourself to work every day before you look at other options?

The difference between cricket in my wall and us is this: The cricket will most likely die in wall because he doesn’t have power of reasoning to understand his options. You, on other hand, have this power and were given power of choice. Every day you can make decisions that change everything. Every minute is a brand new chance, with new choices to make.

Are you making your choices? Or are you, like cricket, hoping something happens?