Even the Little that We Do Counts

Even the Little that We Do Counts - (2839)

i-stop Lesson

My car has this feature that when it stops it shuts off the engine - saving petrol. I don't like this feature very much and so I do my best so that it does not engage, but it still does engage at times.

I have had this car now for three and a half years and as the photos show the engine has been stopped for a total of 41 hours and 37 minutes.

That 41 hours is the result of a minute or even less, here and there at traffic lights all adding up to make a grand total of 41 hours and 37 minutes of engine on standby. So just imagine that if we are to practice even a little everyday over a few years that would add up to be quite a lot.

We mistakenly think that doing only a little is of no worth and so we do nothing or even go backwards.

So no do even a little. Just don't do nothing! Do something everyday, even if a little.

Hare and the Tortoise

Of course though doing a little means we move but slowly. Doing more means we move a lot quicker.

To quickly like the hare is something to be wary of, becasue we get tired and then we find ourselves unable to do much, and we watch then the turtle pass us by, that is - the method of doing a little everyday turns out to better.

So much then for the methods of our mystical ambition and pride (I am better so I do more - but get tired).

End (2839).

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