Once in a while, here and there, I wil sit in front of a nice clean white piece of paper, scratch my head, and squint as if the white piece of paper is as bright as the sun's rays while I jot down my accomplishments alongside what I would like to accomplish. It is in my nature to not just dream big but to engulf myself and stretch myself a little thin with goals and accomplishments. I believe that the amount of "Life" we get out of our own lives is dictated by the choices we make. Sometimes the best choices are not the easiest choices and jotting these things on paper helps me crawl out of my comfort zone.

This is how I have become enlightened by the small victories in life. After trying to run after goals as fast as a hamster runs around its wheel again and again, I realized that in order to become truly successful you are required to stop and smell the roses once in a while.

My son helps me with this all the time. For example, I took him to a Mommy and Me Hike and I was trying to get through the hike a keep up with the other mommies in the group and Ryu kept wanting to stop and look at everything. So finally, I quit with the battle between trying to keep up with the other mommies and my little toddler falling to his knees because he wanted to explore the ants. I realized at that point that he is new to this world and even though I've seen ants a million times in my life, he was only beginning.

This was a small and fruitful victory because my son gave me the wisdom to enjoy the little things in life with him. Easier said than done sometimes but it's truly funny how when you stop for a while you discover things you never knew about.  In othre words, enjoy your small victories on the road to your bigger victory!