The Results of Practice
I am willing to practice.
From my early years of piano lessons, I learned how to practice.
This ability has continued to be effective in all areas of my life.
Whenever I seek to learn something new, I break it down into the tiniest step I am willing to take.
This eliminates the confusion of taking on too much.
It eliminates the feeling of being overwhelmed.
I can learn step-by-step.
If I am stuck, it is because there is too big a step.
I need to prepare myself by breaking it down.
When I have broken it down to the tiniest, most insignificant-looking step, and it feels easy, or at least possible, to take, then I am in the right place to begin.
Sometimes the first tiny step is to gather my materials.
Sometimes the next tiny step is to find a place to put them.
Sometimes the next tiny step is to sit in front of where I have placed my materials.
I might feel like picking up one of them.
I might feel like typing a word.
I might feel like looking up a topic.
Each time I take a tiny step, I pause and wait to see what comes next.
It comes as a feeling, a thought, and finally as action.
As I know what to do, I do it.
I do it over and over again to learn any new skill.
I trust the process of repetition and inspiration.
I trust the process of endurance.
This happens over weeks and months.
Gradually, I see that I can continue with greater and greater skill.
My willingness to practice is placing me on higher ground.
© 2022 Kathryn Hardage
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