One Bulb at a Time

One Woman Planted 50,000 daffodil bulbs, one at a time, over nearly fifty years in her backyard.

Year after year, she kept planting bulbs until she had created five acres of ineffable magnificence, beauty and inspiration. After seeing the spectacular garden one woman remarked, "It makes me sad in a way. What might I have accomplished if I had thought of a wonderful goal 35 or 40 years ago and had worked on it 'one bulb at a time' through all those years? Just think what I might have been able to achieve!" Her daughter responded, "Start tomorrow." The mother said, "I'll start today."

Thought: One bulb at a time. Year after year. What might we be able to accomplish if we worked at something consistently over fifty years of our lives? This unknown woman changed the world where she lived. The principle that her daffodil garden teaches is one of the greatest principles of life. That is, learning to move toward our goals and desires one step at a time, often just one baby-step at a time -- and learning to love the doing, learning to use the accumulation of time. When we multiply tiny pieces of time with small increments of daily effort, we too will find that we can accomplish magnificent things. (Borrowed)