"The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn" ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

I originally found this quote in an article from the Dumb Little Man website, an excellent self-help website  (http://www.dumblittleman.com), regarding some motivational quotes from Ralph Waldo Emerson. How fitting that my first ever real, serious post be about starting small.

So "The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn". What does this mean? There is first, the obvious...anything awe-inspiring, majestic, great...any amazing achievement, any amazing person...starts off from somewhere, and starts off small. Granted eveything starts from somewhere, but that is beside the point. The point is, that anything that is great...usually had a humble beginning. 


Beyond that, there is also the underlying motivational message which is: If ever you want to achieve something, you first have to start somewhere, do something. This ties into another one of my favourite quotes, from another blog - 'The Personal Excellent Blog' (www.celestinechua.com) which is 'If you try, you may get exactly what you want. If you don't, you don't.' ~ Unknown. This quote naturally hasn't been interpreted, because its as blunt as it gets.

Finally, there is the indirect message of...even the smallest things can grow to be great. Some business I'm sure, start off small as one man operations...then two...then maybe a few more...and slowly grow, or die. Some splurge everything, and start off with a bang. They also either grow, or die. But they all start off small, relative to what they can become. And some truly become great.

That is pretty much all I can think of for now...perhaps, when people start viewing this blog...and looking through the archives they'll see this post and comment. But for now...I suppose I will talk to anyone who listens...if there is anything else, any perspective I may have missed, any nuance or interpretation I may not have perceived...do comment, and share. No matter how late.

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