I love quotes. The fact that I have a category on this blog just for quotes kind of tells you how much I love quotes! I could browse the quotes part of Pinterest for hours, reading, laughing, welling-up.
And I really love it when I come across quotes I haven’t heard before that really speak to me. This is one of those quotes;
“What if, instead of thinking about solving your whole life, you just think about adding additional good things. One at a time. Just let your pile of good things grow”
So often, when we’re not entirely happy with our lives, or just have a nagging feeling that it’s not as amazing as it could be, we look to change everything. We thing about making radical changes. We end relationships. We quit jobs. We spend hours browsing estate agent’s websites looking for a new place to live.
Maybe what we should do instead is be grateful for what we do already have, and then just slowly add good things to it. Rearrange our schedules to fit in a date night with our partner once a week. Spend time exploring hobbies that make our hearts sing and see if that leads to a change in career. Buy a lovely bunch of flowers to brighten up the home we already have.
Sometimes radical changes are what we need. Sometimes we need to take a huge leap and make major changes. But more often we end up overwhelmed and paralysed when we thing about changing too much at once. Maybe if we just add good things to our lives, one by one, they’ll build up to the big change that we were after. Or maybe all those good things will make us realise that we didn’t even need a big change, we just needed to nurture and add to what we already had in our lives.
Either way, I really like this idea.
Just let your pile of good things grow!
I love this quote, and I’ve never heard it before! This is a great reminder to focus on the GOOD and be grateful for what we have. Thanks so much for linking up with #candidcuddles!
I love when I find quotes like this that I’ve never heard before! x
Such a great quote and brilliant idea to think about things a bit differently x
It’s fab isn’t it! x
Sounds like a great plan to me! I love focusing on positivity, but it’s not always easy. These beautiful quotes are great motivation! Thanks so much for linking up with #candidcuddles x
I do love writing these posts every week, they help keep that positivity flowing! x
I love it, and I love that the person who said it is named Rainbow!
That is fab isn’t it! x
I love this, the small things matter they lead to the big things! #candidcuddles
Glad you enjoyed it! x