Even the Longest Journey Must Begin Where You Stand.

"A journey of a thousand miles begins with the first step." - old Chinese proverb

 I recently reread a "kid's" book on basic logic...Joseph Spider and the Fallacy Farm by David B. Grant. Chapter seven is about a snail named Shawn, who believed he could never begin a journey because he had no hope of ever completing it...so why even start. How many of us suffer from this same state of mind?  How many of  life's awesome journeys have we sacrificed for fear of taking that first step? Once, many years ago, I took a client on a midnight hike on Bryce Canyon's Navajo Trail. As we hiked under the full moon, the light was awesome. We took some really exciting photographs. One thing was especially clear that night.....as crowded as that popular hiking trail was in the daylight, nobody else took that same journey and nobody else enjoyed the same rewards. If you fail to take that first step, you cannot hope to enjoy the great outcome which lies at the other end!