The Beauty of Starting Small

A seed doesn't look much like the tree it might become.

It's small enough to fit in the palm of your hand. Nothing about its appearance tells you how much shade it may someday provide or how many people might enjoy sitting beneath it.

Our ideas often begin the same way.

A business might begin at a kitchen table. A friendship might begin with a simple hello. Learning a new skill might begin with an awkward first attempt.

Yet we sometimes dismiss our beginnings because they don't look impressive enough.

We compare our first steps with someone else's finished accomplishments and wonder whether we're doing enough.

But every beginning deserves the opportunity to grow.

You don't need to have everything figured out before taking the first step. You need a place to begin and the willingness to keep learning.

Never underestimate a small beginning. Sometimes the things that grow the largest are the ones we almost overlooked.