A Little Bit

A little bit of everything equals a lot of something.

We were talking about dieting and the problem with buffets. Some have so many selections. You want to try everything, so you have a little bit of everything and soon you find that you have a lot of something. You overeat.

I don’t know if anybody has said this before, but when I blurted this out, everybody felt that something profound had been said.

In today’s world people often want instant success. In most cases this doesn’t happen. You have to do the little things right and keep adding.

While I am not an accomplished guitar player, I have been working at it. I didn’t start until I was thirty-eight years old. There was a long period when I didn’t play it at all. Since I have been supply teaching, I have been practising whenever I can, sneaking in sessions at recess, lunch and during prep periods. Slowly, but surely, I have been getting better. Chords that used to be a mystery are suddenly within my abilities. I have a lot of improvement still to do, but I enjoy discovering new music I can master.

So don’t be discouraged. Keep at it, even if you are doing just a little bit. Put all of those little bits together and you could have something very special.