You can’t see your teeth move in the mirror. You see it in the photo from last spring.
STILLNESS
WHAT THIS MEANS
Daily checking is the worst instrument for slow change, because the difference between one day and the next is smaller than the noise. A mirror shows you today only. A picture from months ago is the one thing that can show you movement, and the change was happening the whole time you were failing to see it.
Stop checking daily on whatever you are waiting for, and set up a comparison instead. Take one photo, write one number, record yourself playing the piece. Put it away, and look again at the end of the season.
A QUESTION TO SIT WITH
What change in you would only show over a year?
MORE IN PATIENCE & TIMING
- Everyone else’s finished results make your middle feel endless. Mute the feed and check your own progress.
- Slow down before the turn, not in the middle of it. Most crises are easier to handle a block early.
- Shelter dogs often need weeks or months to settle into a new home. So do people in new places. Give them both time.
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