Reflective story
The Five-Minute Beginning
A student kept postponing a difficult chapter because the whole task felt too large.
Sree Sree Thakur Anukulchandra
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He finally promised himself only five minutes of reading. Five minutes became twenty, and the fear surrounding the task began to shrink.
The next day he repeated the same small beginning. The chapter did not become easy overnight, but starting stopped feeling impossible.
Lesson
Begin before motivation becomes perfect.
Source note
Original Satsang Vani reflective story inspired by public themes of service, discipline, character, devotion and Being & Becoming.