‘Makes a mighty ocean.’ - I am certain that these four words would be the next thing on your mind after reading my headline. Well, I write to inform you that this sentence is imperfect just as its philosophies are wrong.
It has one missing word. - A seven-letter word. Could you guess the word right??? If not, read on if you are curious to know the word that perfects the philosophy of ‘Little Drops of Water Makes a Mighty Ocean.’
Let’s start with this:
How mighty are the waters of the ocean? Not a bucket of water neither is it a barrel. Right? Then how many little drops do you need to make an ocean? - Countless? Is this the right word that perfects the ‘Little Drop’ philosophy? Absolutely no!
Let me tell you why;
It is not a seven-letter word as I proposed from the beginning. In addition to this, I think the word ‘countless’ is almost right but the truth is ‘Almost doesn’t kill a bird.’
The perfect word for the phrase is ‘ENDLESS’.
‘Endless little drops of water make a mighty ocean.’
This means that not just our 'little efforts' could yield large results but our 'endless efforts' are responsible for our large results.
However, we are faced with the challenge of ‘How long will it take our do endless efforts to give us the large results that we desire?’
I would like to encourage us not to mind the timeframe that this would happen but we should rather improve on increasing our 'endless little drops'.
By doing so, we are a step closer to achieving our 'mighty ocean' and the timeframe to achieve what we wanted could be lesser.
In the words of Warren Buffet, the one time richest man in the United States;
‘Focus on making $1 first. Then on $10, then $100, $1,000 and so on. Don’t get caught up in the long term when the short term needs focus first.’
Do not misquote me. I am not saying that we should not aim higher. Of course, we should. But our soul is safe from weariness and disappointment when we are realistic about our achievements and goals. - It is impossible to produce a baby in one month by impregnating nine different women.
By default, we are hurt and disappointed when our expectations are not met or when we fail to achieve our goal within the deadline that we set for ourselves.
The result of it is this; we feel we are not hardworking enough and this is not always true in some cases.
Sometimes, all we just need is to do is to pause, reflect and re-strategize on how we can improve the efficiencies in our ‘little drops’ (our efforts) that would give us more sustaining and satisfying results that we desire.
A big thanks to @FarmGirl and @Kristofferquincy for their support on my previous article. Thanks a bunch for being there!
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