Hi everyone and happy Monday!
I hope you had a great weekend and those in the midwest are prepared to bundle up and huddle in this week with the coming snow storm! I hope everyone stays safe and warm.
My message today comes from seeing a drawing by Charlie Mackesy, author of the book, “The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse.” As an ever-improving over-thinker, I admit I am constantly battling my desire to plan every detail in every situation, and also live in the knowledge that many circumstances are completely out of my control. Terrifying, right?
In Mackesy’s drawing below (and I’m paraphrasing some here), the boy is leading the horse through the woods feeling lost and says, “I can’t see my way through.”
The horse says, “Can you see to take the next step?”
The boy says, “Yes.”
Then, the horse says, “Just take that.”
And right there is beautiful simplicity. I don’t have to get to the end of it right now; all I need to take is one step at a time.
So I challenge you this week (and beyond) if you are feeling lost, not to worry about what you need to do to get to the end, but to only focus on the next step.
Kate Genord 