Month of April!
26 Alphabets!
26 Days!
1500+ participants!
And, today is the last day of the A - Z Challenge of this year!
Zen
“...it's like this. Sometimes, when you've a very long street ahead of you, you think how terribly long it is and feel sure you'll never get it swept. And then you start to hurry. You work faster and faster and every time you look up there seems to be just as much left to sweep as before, and you try even harder, and you panic, and in the end you're out of breath and have to stop--and still the street stretches away in front of you. That's not the way to do it.
You must never think of the whole street at once, understand? You must only concentrate on the next step, the next breath, the next stroke of the broom, and the next, and the next. Nothing else.
That way you enjoy your work, which is important, because then you make a good job of it. And that's how it ought to be.
And all at once, before you know it, you find you've swept the whole street clean, bit by bit. what's more, you aren't out of breath. "
You must never think of the whole street at once, understand? You must only concentrate on the next step, the next breath, the next stroke of the broom, and the next, and the next. Nothing else.
That way you enjoy your work, which is important, because then you make a good job of it. And that's how it ought to be.
And all at once, before you know it, you find you've swept the whole street clean, bit by bit. what's more, you aren't out of breath. "
- Michael Ende, Momo
This is exactly how I felt during this month of April, 2013. And I am glad At Last this challenge is coming to end, and I finally completed this.
P.S. I wanted to come up with something new or at-least a obscure word as KK suggested, but I couldn't find a good, fun weird word and didn't want to churn myself into writing anything fresh out of mind.
Guess, towards the end I became lazy! :D
Nice and congratulations on completion. Mine was Zen too
ReplyDeletePhenoMenon
Congrats to you too.
Delete:)
Haha :) good one
ReplyDeleteHow true it is we should always conc on just the next step
Journey becomes easy
If I knew this in the beginning. .....nothing would have changed I guess. ... but still I would have known! ;)
DeleteCongratulations in completing the A to Z Challenge.
ReplyDeleteYvonne
A to Z AMBASSADOR.
Thank you for hosting this. :)
DeleteCongrats on finishing the A-Z challenge! High five!
ReplyDeleteYup! We did it.
DeleteHigh Five!!!!! :)
That's correct we need to take one step at a time.I guess all of us at some point,felt the need to give up seeing the long journey ahead of us in this challenge. I'm happy we all have completed it. Congratulations !
ReplyDeleteCongrats to you too. :)
DeleteIt was a great post, made me think about approaching life in a different way. I now understand what people mean when they talk about taking life one day at a time :-)
ReplyDeleteThank you.
DeleteYea taking life one at a time or living in the present is the best way to enjoy life. :)
Bite-sized pieces I call it! Yes, the best way to live life.
ReplyDelete:) live life and stay happy.
DeleteCongrats on finishing the challenge! I will still be following you for sure!
ReplyDeleteCongrats to you too.
DeleteI'll also be following you.... not gonna let you off the hook that soon ;)
Congratulations on completing the challenge :)
ReplyDeleteThank you and Congrats to you too. :)
DeleteGood one and congrats for finishing the challenge
ReplyDeleteThank you :)
Deletei am breathing easier already--great closing post!!
ReplyDeleteMe too. It was a hectic month but fun too.
DeleteLovely end to the challenge, congrats on finishing!
ReplyDeleteCongrats to you too. :)
DeleteAwesome. It's so true--focus on the task at hand and before you know it... Well, I'm celebrating with cheese. You?
ReplyDeleteMe with Chocolates. :D
DeleteThat was a great passage to include ~ so true. I love the image....I remember the soap....now that's all I'm singing in my head. Thanks! :)
ReplyDeleteSo happy this challenge is done and I'm happy to have found your blog.
Jules
A Dose of Jules
Hahha.... keep singing! ;)
DeleteThank you so much and congrats to u too :)
Congrats for completing this challenge, beautiful post, its living one day at a time ! nice meeting you here!
ReplyDeleteThank you so much :)
DeleteCould you leave your blog's link here... I couldn't just find it!
Congrats on finishing the challenge! I think Zen is a perfectly fitting word to finish out with. And I love the little Zest soap drawing. :)
ReplyDelete#atozchallenge, Kristen's blog: kristenhead.blogspot.com
Thank you :)
DeleteThat was a great blurb you shared! Congrats on completing a-z! And Wow are you a trooper! Straight into another blog challenge, I'm exhausted just thinking about it. :)
ReplyDeleteThank you so much.
DeleteBut my daily chores is slowing down me in the challenge. Hoping to catch up soon. :)