It makes perfect sense in our busy lives that we sometimes lose sight of fundamental truths.

At least from time to time, that's part of being human.

And I want to talk about an important one. The tendency to forget that parts make a whole.

Sounds simple, sounds obvious, not so much. That pieces make a stack, that little actions

create big change. And I can tell you that every time in my life I've found myself in trouble or overwhelmed

or intimidated it's because that very simple concept has eluded me you know and all I

can see in the moment is how far I have to go all I can see is this big intimidating

result and I'm not there. And I want to tell a quick story to provide some

context. Those of you who have seen my videos, you probably guessed it. It's running related.

But if you're not a runner, hang tight because this is not in any way specific to running.

It's just a good way to articulate the message and you'll see that.

So the realization occurred a few days ago doing a distance run down A1A, which is just a long, straight stretch down the coast of Florida.

It's perfect to kind of zone out and just run.

And that's exactly what I must have been doing, zoning out.

Because as I'm, you know, pretty far along,

I realized that they were kind of closing off the street.

There were people lining the sidewalks.

There was some kind of organized event.

Realized that I couldn't go back the same way that I came up.

So had to run up the beach.

And it was one of those things where we've all been there, right?

The idea was great.

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