My daughter has wanted a pet. Preferably a cat or dog. And if that couldn’t work, we could get a bunny or a hamster – just get a pet. As I know the routine of all the promises that would be made before hand of who would feed, clean, walk and whatever a pet would need would fall on me, we took a visit to the pet store. She was allowed to look at the cats and beg and plead her case – but somehow I managed to stay firm – we were only leaving the pet store with a fish!
We decided before hand on a half moon beta. We’ve had two before and they had each lasted around two years. I figured this was the safest way, even if the work of feeding and cleaning fell to me – which I knew it inevitably would.
Once we brought the fish home and named him – we had prepared his home before we left – we tried to feed him. I had food specific for his breed. They were little pebbles of fish food. We watched him each time try to take a pebble in his mouth, move his head around then ultimately spat it back around. This fish is smaller than any we’ve previously brought home. We didn’t want him to die because he wasn’t eating.
One morning I woke up with the idea that I should just mash his 3 pebbles. I meticulously put them in a paper towel and mashed them and then poured them into his home. He was able to move his head around, eat and not have to spit any of it out.
How many times do we try to bite off more than we can handle? How many times do we say yes to too many things so that we ultimately get overwhelmed and can’t do any of them well?
Are you struggling with trying to take on too many things? Is there a way to break them into smaller pieces to get what you need accomplished? Remember, slow progress is still progress.
I pray I keep reminding myself of this concept.. break any big task into small, manageable pieces.
Dear Heavenly Father, thank you that you continue to teach us from examples that seemingly have nothing to do with life experiences. Thank you that you care so much about the details, that you walk us through how to approach life in general.
