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Thousand Mile Journey

  "A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step." Lao Tzu I often remind myself of this quote by Lao Tzu especially when I meet, read or hear about someone that has accomplished what I want to do which is to create and build a successful social enterprise and prove to myself (and a few others-why lie?) that I am capable of doing good in service to the world and be very wealthy too! Over the years it has often seemed that the journey to accomplish this goal, this big vision I have, seems so far removed..thousands of miles removed actually. But reminding myself of this quote helps to bring my focus back to the present moment, the only moment that counts and remind myself to take that next step in this thousand mile journey. The other day, I mused that I have been reminding myself of this for almost 5 years but it actually works and is helpful and I tell myself "hey your closer than before, don't give up". For some people the reminder that they have hund