The Little Things
October 6, 2014

I love how many life lessons we can learn from nature, as long as we are mindful and allow ourselves to deeply experience our present moment (at least from time to time). Last week I took a few minutes to walk outside of my office building and take about a quarter mile stroll just to see the sunshine and get some fresh air in my lungs. As I was walking, totally absorbed in the moment as I didn’t have my phone or a friend with me, an acorn fell on the ground right in front of me.

When I was little, we had so many oak trees in our yard, and my parents would send my brothers and me out to collect some of them, as they, in the quantity that we had, were bad for the grass. Acorns have a pretty positive memory for me, so when the acorns started falling on my walk, I paused to pick a few up. I held them in my hand an observed them, and then turned my eyes upward. I looked at the strong, huge oaks that I’ve walked past for almost a decade. For the first time, I saw their strength and height. To hold a tiny acorn, which might some day grow to that, made me pause in a totally different way than before.

Small Acorn

In life, we sometimes think that health is about these huge changes that we have to make. Sometimes it is. But really, health is about these tiny changes and the little things that we do each day, and it’s the combination of these things which, given time to grow, lead to strength and might.

That’s how it is with the acorn. In that tiny acorn is so much potential, and with the right environment, it will grow into that strong oak tree. And so it is with our health. It’s the tiny little acorn within us that, given the right effort and environment, over time, will grow to that strong tree of health.

Small Decisions Quote

It’s not always about the big things. Sometimes it’s the tiny acorn sized changes and healthy behaviors that we choose to own and plant within us. Given time, they will grow to that strong, sturdy health within us.

Here are a few examples of little acorns that can grow into something huge:

Don’t discount the little things in life that you can do. Those “little things” acorns will grow and become something fantastic in your life.

Now it’s your turn to share! What’s a “tiny acorn” that you’ve had in your life that has turned into something much bigger health-wise? 

 

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One response to “From A Tiny Acorn”

  1. The Little Things says:
    October 22, 2014 at 1:06 am

    […] together, create something huge within us- that’s even the name of this blog! Most recently, I used the example of a tiny acorn growing into a huge, strong oak tree to discuss the little decisions that we make. Today I figured that I would talk about five […]