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May 27th

SWEAT   THE SMALL   STUFF

“Well-being is  realized    by  small   steps,  but is  truly   no  small   thing.”

—ZENO,  QUOTED  IN  DIOGENES    LAERTIUS,   LIVES   OF  THE EMINENT PHILOSOPHERS,   7.1.26

he famous biographer Diogenes Laertius attributes this quote to Zeno but admits that it might have
also been said by Socrates, meaning that it may be a quote of a quote of a quote. But does it really
matter? Truth is truth.
In this case, the truth is one we know well: the little things add up. Someone is a good person not
because they say they are, but because they take good actions. One does not magically get one’s act
together—it is a matter of many individual choices. It’s a matter of getting up at the right time, making
your bed, resisting shortcuts, investing in yourself, doing your work. And make no mistake: while the
individual action is small, its cumulative impact is not.
Think about all the small choices that will roll themselves out in front of you today. Do you know
which are the right way and which are the easy way? Choose the right way, and watch as all these little
things add up toward transformation.