9/22/21 Things accumulate

Things

Accumulate 

Drink a can of Coca-Cola 

And eat a bag of potato chips 

No harm done 

Do it every day

And destroy your health

Hundreds of small unimportant decisions 

Stack up 

And create many aspects of my life

If I spend just 20 minutes a day practicing the piano 

In less than a decade I will be a pretty good player 

All day every day

 I create little piles of consequences

Most of these micro decisions are habit driven 

And by themselves inconsequential 

But taken together they create the story of my life

Choosing what I think about 

Has the greatest influence 

On the future self that I envision

Joy , good humor and gratitude

Are the seeds 

Of self mastery 

Things

Accumulate