Do one thing

Overwhelm is essentially too much to process at once. There is more information than digestible. When feeling a decent dose of hopelessness in my trip to the slums in Africa, I found myself asking the Director Christopher, how he copes with similar sensations. 

He told me, “I do one thing, about one thing.” 

I love this simplicity and profoundness. And since returning have had to remember it many times. Similarly, a stunning piece of advice from another mentor. She often said to me that a good measure of daily life, is whether you left today better than yesterday. No matter what the standard or measure of better.

So even in the hardest of times when things may be too much in whatever context, perhaps simplicity and presence in the moment is all that needs to be mustered. And the tiniest motion is perfect. And that’s enough.