Sunday Story...1 More

You can always do more than you think you can.

Sometimes the difference of 1 more can make all the difference. I am sure this has appeared in this blog before but there is a short movie out there called “212: The Extra Degree”. You can see it here: http://play.simpletruths.com/movie/212-the-extra-degree/ .

The bottom line is that it is often just that one extra degree that separates the good from the great, the average from the extraordinary, and the mundane from the amazing. At 211 degrees water is just hot. At 212 degrees water boils and boiling water transforms into steam and steam can power a locomotive. Just one degree transforms water into something else entirely.

This is a very powerful concept when you think about it. That single degree changes the expectation we have for water. As matter of fact steam engines transformed our entire industrial revolution. And one degree can take your life to places far beyond the ordinary, far beyond your expectations. If you can grasp this concept, if you can own this principle, if you have goals that are clear and reachable, if your attitude is unimpeachable, if you take action and stay in action, then your life will change in ways unimaginable. It’s your life, they are your results, you get to decide on the direction it is going to go.

Think about this very simple idea…if you are going 70mph on the freeway and you adjust your steering 1 degree, how long will it take before you are in a different lane and heading off the road? I am sure there is someone out there who can formulize this but the bottom line is not very long. This is true of so many things in life. But the bottom line is doing just one more can make all the difference in the world.

It might be one more step on your walk. It might be one more rep on your work out. It might be one more page on your reading, one more problem on your homework, one more kind word, one more act of kindness. One more might not just make all the difference to you but it might also make an even bigger difference to someone else.

I know time is going to run out. I know you are going to be tired. I know your body is telling you to stop. I know you really don’t want to go on, I know you really don’t think you can do one more. But you can. You can reach down deep and find that little bit left that will give you one more. And in that one more you will find something truly remarkable. You will find yourself doing what you have never done before. And even in the attempt to do one more you will discover the spaciousness to get even more next time.

If you want what you have never had, you must do what you have never done. And sometimes that means doing 1 more.

Namaste
John
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