A New Mindset – Caterpillar Wisdom

Change can overwhelm. Whether in the world at large or the world within, our mind creates full scale sagas.  It produces a panorama of difficult journeys.  So the response is often “why try, I can’t, it will never ….”  Haven’t we all been there?

Here’s an alternative. Shift from viewer to maker, from watching that feature film to directing one small scene. Want to get healthier? Cut down – not out — one thing your body doesn’t need. Want to perform better in school or on the job? Spend a few minutes planning how you can do quality work.

Want to change the world? Be the caterpillar that becomes the butterfly. It’s all about metamorphosis. One shift leads to another; small steps make big changes.

In brief …

Marian Wright Edelman, an American activist (1939 –  ), describes how, over time, those small steps become big changes.

“We must not, in trying to think about how we can make a big difference,

ignore the small daily differences we can make which, over time,

add up to big differences that we often cannot foresee.”