At the beginning of a new year (and a new decade) I’m ready to plunge right in and make waves. Presented with the clean slate of a new year, I’m ready to march forward with plans to do things differently. I want to make changes with my money, my food, my family, my home, my work – you name it – it’s doomed for an extreme makeover!
But then I found this old birthday card while cleaning out a drawer and it got me thinking about making waves. My waves are usually of the tsunami variety and can overwhelm me and everyone in its path. But does change in life have to happen like this? What if, instead of making waves, we dropped a pebble?
Think of the ripples radiating from the single drop of that pebble. Unlike a wave, there is nothing destructive or invasive about them. Yet, change does happen – it just happens in small, gentle, balanced ways.
If we applied this technique to our money problems, we would make one small gesture instead of vowing to change everything, everywhere. We would drink home coffee instead of Starbuck’s, buy store brand instead of name brand, make lunch one day a week or eat out one less time this week/month.
Each, just a drop in the bucket of our spending habits but each starting a ripple that will make a difference. A small difference to be sure. But if we put aside that differen¢e and don’t lose the savings elsewhere, we’ll be amazed to see how it adds up. And, we’ll be amazed how change can happen effortlessly. How about giving it a try?
I’m tossing the pebble. One small step for me….
6 thoughts on “Making Waves”
Hi Jane, a bit off your topic, I wanted to send you a link to my blog: http://janiaboni.wordpress.com/
Now that I’ve copied it..it doesn’t look like it will work with a click of the mouse..will I ever figure this out?!?!?!
It’s actually called BUSTed:abreastcancerjourney.
Hope to see you there, btw there’s nothing ‘private’ about my blog, all are welcome.
Thanks for sharing your wisdom. I always look forward to your posts.
Hi Jan;
Just found your comment – they had called it spam! Took me awhile to find the missing comment – I’m still learning too. Good luck on your journey – your attitude is half the battle!
jane
I truly belive in one step at a time…little by little making small changes that lead to big significant changes…
Small lifestyle changes lead to great things…also you don’t get overwhelmed with too much and quit soon after…
Dropping several little pebbles into the pond and watching the ripples expand into beatuiful things this year making 2010 the best year ever!
Well said, Judy!
A very wise suggestion. It is like lifting weights, or exercise of any kind really. You incrementally make small changes over time. To make a huge changes suddenly leads to injury.
Hey Jane.When centerin myself, I always think of the currant at the bottom of the ocean which is unknown or seen at the surface,is the reason for the waves and conditions at top and mirrors our own energy. I believe if we keep ourselves in the flow of the currant running through us, all our life is in balance. Thank you for your contined wisdom sharing!!