Taking The Tiny Step

One of the reasons why a lot of people have not made any reasonable achievement in life is because they are waiting for when they will start with a giant stride and the opportunity never came. Whereas, someone else may have started small and have grown over time that they did not even imagine. The first step may be small and may even be considered "baby step," but it holds the potentials to unlock the giant strides in the future. After all, no one will arrived at their destination of many miles without first taking the first step. No tree starts big but as a little shrub and then grows big.

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You have to understand that good things are not built overnight but constantly and consistently built over time, mostly starting with a small first step. I once read about a particular tech giant; Mark Zuckerberg, who is the founder of Meta inc (Facebook) and how he began. Right in the corner of his lodge, with the little resources at hand and a couple of help, he got started. Now the same company is worth billions of dollars and the man himself is among the top 10 richest people. Imagine if he continued to wait until he could start big, he may not have started at all. In fact, someone else may have beaten him to it. But he took the first small step. One of the lessons to draw from this is not to underestimate the power that can be pulled by the step you call "tiny."

If a builder wants to build a house, he will not start from the roof, neither will he conjure the house from nowhere in a twinkle of an eye. There is a need for him to put one brick/block at a time and then continue that way until the house is built. Anything of value that you want to achieve will take time and the sooner you start, the more time will be available for you. You have some very ample opportunities but only if you can make the most of them. The truth is that what you complain about as being insufficient is even less than what someone else is taking steps on, why not you? You will not know the good that can come out of a step that you want to take until you have taken it.

There are some major steps that you may not be able to access until you have taken that little step. Some seemingly small steps can hold the key to unlocking other giant strides. Who would have thought that humans will conquer the moon someday until Neil Armstrong took that step with his crew to achieve it? Imagine if they did not take the step, humanity would not have seen possibilities of landing on the moon. Now, considerations are being made to take it further to the planet Mars. This is because of the step that was taken by a man, which has brought some giant leap for the entire humankind. A lot of other people's steps may be tied to your own, so do not disappoint destiny by not taking the step.

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As long as the step is right and taken rightly, then it is a positive addition, and carries importance. I remember a time, some years back, when I was coming back from a place, but because of some vehicular curfew that was placed, I could not find a means of transportation back home. I stood at the bus-stop with some other people and no bus was coming. Someone then said; "why wait here when we can be taking steps?" The statement made sense. Since we were going to the same place, we decided to take a first step, while chatting and discussing. In less than 20 minutes, we already got to our destination without even knowing we were trekking.

Imagine if we had not take the first step, we would have waited there in vain, maybe all night, and we would not have gotten to our destination. Most times, what stands between you and your desired goal is just the first step. If you will be able to take that first step, you will be surprised what you have been missing all these while.

Even though the importance of the first step is without question, it is the step that is heavily opposed. This reasons are very simple; people are normally scared or afraid of what they have not done before, the next one is that you will need to overcome inertia before a body can move, etc. However, if you will be able to brave the first step, then you are already on your way to achieving your desired goal.

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