One Brick at a Time

…..one brick at a time.  There are no shortcuts.  That is the only way a construction project, even the biggest, most massive construction project one could ever imagine, can proceed.  One tiresome, exhausting, monotonous, wearying brick at a time.  And eventually progress will be noted, albeit sometimes minimal, seemingly disproportionate progress relative to the immense effort one has poured into a close-to-the-heart endeavor.  And it is at those times one should silently celebrate your perseverance and fortitude and rededicate yourself to continuing onward with the same level of dogged determination that you have exhibited up until now.  This admittedly may at times seem like a losing battle, but bless yourself for being engaged in a battle at all rather than embodying one of those wretched people who everlastingly remain on the sidelines and curse the efforts of others even while their own life—or what passes for a life anyway—unalterably slips away without causing even an inconsequential blip on the cosmic radar…..