“On the Writing of One Paragraph”
A friend of mine and I are writers. However, we don’t always write. This is very awkward, since a writer who doesn’t write isn’t a writer. It’s a bit like a person who says he/she is a tennis player, even though that person never plays tennis. (By the way, I just wrote a paragraph! I am a writer!)
Most healthy, life-giving activities involve some teeny tiny regular behavior that we do. For example, this morning I put on my running clothes and went for a walk/run. Am I healthier as a result of doing this? Probably, a little bit. If this becomes a regular discipline, it will be really healthy. I will become (as I used to be) a runner.
To change big things, I need to be willing to be doing little things consistently. Of course, I really don’t want to do little things; I want to do BIG HAIRY AUDACIOUS THINGS!
But here is the truth: Big things are comprised of a lot of little things. Wanting to do big things without paying attention to the little things is like teleportation—a nice fantasy, but not a realistic strategy.
Jesus said that even people who gave a thirsty person a cup of water in his name would not lose his/her reward. Giving a person a cup of water isn’t a huge things—unless, of course, that person is thirsty. Perhaps little paragraphs, little walks, and little cups of water is not so little after all.
Recent Comments