The Secret of Success?

 Put your heart, mind, and soul into even your smallest acts. This is the secret of success.

Swami Sivanada

I didn't know what to write about this morning so I looked up the quote of the day. And...it was from a yogi. Go figure.

What is even crazier is that I woke up thinking about the little writing books I wrote with such fevor and passion this year.  I kind of gave up the "outcome"  for the writing of them after receiving some less than positive feedback from someone about my flimsy intentions for them.  My egoic self dreamed of some type of minor success...recognition...some finacial compensation even...but it dreamed of an outcome of redemption mostly.  Much of what I do has this motivation for redemption entwined in it. I am looking for the things I "do" or "create" to "lift me up" from these messy life circumstances and from this messy mind this human is living through. The writing of this series was a small act. I did put my heart, mind, and soul into the act itself...I enjoyed the process. The outcome was not successful in outer world terms but maybe it was successful in inner world terms.  Maybe, enjoying the process while detaching from outcome is truly the secret of success.  

All is well.