12 August · Your earlier starting point still matters.

Sadness

Their progress makes me forget the progress I've made.

A little room to breathe.12 August

Sadness

“The flower that blooms in adversity is the most rare and beautiful of all.”

The Emperor — Mulan, 1998Film dialogue; the Emperor to Li ShangRead the source ↗

Your earlier starting point still matters.

Looking sideways can make your own gradual changes almost disappear. A fairer view includes where you began, what has become easier, and the difficulties you have worked around; somebody else's results do not cancel those quieter pieces of your own effort.

ONE SMALL STEP

Compare one task today with how it felt when you first started learning it.

A little room to breathe.12 August

A spark of light in your day.

A spark
of light
in your day.