Set Yourself Started and Going
Spark the Start, Chain the Growth
We heard far too many time — “I don’t know how to get started.” The answer isn’t too complex — it really does not matter how you start if you know why, and all you need is to find a `where` to launch the start from. While if the reason may not be compelling, it may wear you off from continuing, it it should not halt you from the start. You just spark it from curiosity, which links you to the second point — `where`. You start from curiosity.
The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds
new discoveries, is not “Eureka!” (I found it!) but “That’s funny. . . .”
— Isaac Asimov (January 2, 1920 — April 6, 1992)Begin to weave and God will give the thread. — Anonymous
Confront the difficult while it is still easy; accomplish the great task by a series of small acts. — Tao Te Ching
The germinal phase is the crux. As long as things are in their beginnings they can be controlled, but once they have grown to their full consequences they acquire a power so overwhelming that man stands impotent before them. - Richard Wilhelm, The I Ching or Book of ChangesWe amused ourselves by throwing balls which would roll down a certain distance, gathering more or less snow, and we tried to outdo one another in this exciting sport. Suddenly a ball was seen to go beyond the limit, swelling to enormous proportions until it became as big as a house and plunged thundering into the…