An unexpected little piece of business fell in my lap last week. It's was one of those things that leaves you thinking "boy, if I just had one of these a week, life would be easy!".Life is not always easy. It is however,simple. The formula for success is take hard work and sprinkle it with commitment .Then repeat this day after day after day.
It's Monday morning. I just cleared my desk in preparation of the new work week.I sat back in my chair and thought about what unexpected treasure will fall in my lap this week.
That my friend is a formula for success!
Wishing and hoping is not a game plan!
I had just come in from tending the yard. While outside, the dog poop got cleaned up, the garden got watered,the pool filter got turned on and I added chlorine to the skimmer. These are daily routines that if ignored will surely bring upon new and often unwanted challenges. Susan was going about her morning pet care routine. The cat litter was changed. The tortoise got fed. The parakeet's cage needed cleaning ,along with fresh food and water.
In order to get to the bird cage, a folding table had to be moved. We had used it a week ago and it had not been put back where it belonged. I decided to jump in and lend a hand. I pulled out Luna's cage (she's our African Grey parrot) to put the table back where it belongs. The pile of discarded bird seed that Luna had tossed on the floor was staggering.So Susan began to clean that up. I started moving furniture and cabinets to make sure we cleaned all of it.Then I fashioned a contraption in an attempt to mitigate the mess that occurs on a daily basis as Luna picks through her bowl looking for just the right treat.
Why am I sharing this with you? Because it would have been just as easy to sit here, do nothing and hope that someday the mess would miraculously not be there.
Well my friend, that will never happen.There is always a mess. There is always something to tend to, there is always something to be cleaned up and there will always be things to take care of. Staying on top of them,being in front of the situation instead of running behind it,is what creates the space in which those opportunities, like the one last week,can appear.
They just don't happen.
Like any good farmer, without preparation , hard work and diligence,I will never experience a bumper harvest.As I said, life is not always easy, it is however pretty simple.
Shavua Tov!