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| There’s no dollar without a penny |
While I walked across the bridge, I noticed it on the ground, bruised, run over, and losing it original color. It looked worthless, and I’m sure many have stepped over it, without giving it much thought. But I picked it up. I picked up the penny.
I thought of this habit of mine, and how it affects other aspects of my life. I thought of the value that little things have, and how most seem to miss it, and decided to share the summary of it, knowing that a dollar is not possible without a hundred pennies.
Here it is:
If you don’t respect a drop of water, you can’t have the ocean. Being faithful in the little is the way to start work on great things. The next time you find a penny on the floor, pick it up. I say this for 2 reasons: One, it’s money — -it’s not worthless; two, and more important, it serves as a reminder to you, in building a better mind, to respect every little thing of value, and the mindset is more important than the amount of wealth you have. Your mind is you.
This thinking is necessary for any creator or person set on making great things. Understanding that things that seem small in value could be turned into very valuable products is at the heart of creativity.
This does not go for only pennies, but many other things in our lives: a glass of water turned into bottled water, and sold; a page of a book — many pages make a book; a sentence, many of them put together becomes a story, and a book; and many others. It all begins with the little things.
Dust is
the parent of a star!-Munia Khan
