Slow Progress

Not only is progress sometimes counter-intuitive, it is sometimes also painfully slow. When we look at where we are and where we would like to be and how long it is taking us to get there, it's easy to feel frustrated. However, that frustration doesn't help anybody. In fact, such frustration usually only makes improvement harder. Instead, we need to relax, breathe, and exercise the kind of diligence that is tempered with patience. Yes, progress is sometimes slow, but it's still progress, and when we have an eternity to make progress, we can make great progress at any rate. So, instead of getting frustrated at how little progress we're making, we should be patient and let those little amounts of progress add up over time. Sure, our progress may be much slower than we would like, but as long as we continue to make progress, we're going to be fine.