I’m posting this as a reminder to myself that small-scale decisions and efforts remain the ingredients of the whole. I’m not going to give up, despite my discouragement.

There is something about life that, little by little, makes us forget all that is good. This can happen to anyone… and so we must look for a cure against it. Praise be that such a cure exists: the act of quietly making a decision. A decision stirs the mind from the slumber of monotony. A decision breaks the magic spell of custom and the long row of weary thoughts. A decision will bring blessings upon even the weakest beginning. A decision is an awakening to the eternal.

–Soren Kierkegaard