Success Saturday: Little Successes

As I look back over the week of June 1 to June 7, 2014, I contemplate the small steps I made toward my goals. Little success, like letters in a word, carry me toward the larger goals of poem, flash fiction, short story, novel chapter, and novel.

A contest entered
that could lead
to a published poem.

It is the little successes accomplished each day that eventually completes the goal. Sometimes I may miss a blog post because of momentarily giving up or giving in to weariness or depression. That does not mean failure, rather it means I have to try harder tomorrow.

A prayer intoned at dawn
asking for assistance with tests
begins the struggle anew.

Evening comes and it is time to review the day to figure out what I did right or where I could do better. Then the short summer night passes and a new day begins. A new day with a new chance of accomplishing my goals. As the sun moves from east to west the struggle goes on until I see the end and know that I have achieved another small success.