A few weeks ago I had a life changing conversation with my Uncle Troy. He gave me advice to help me cope with life and his words made me view life differently.
When Uncle Troy said “You’re reaching for crumbs when there’s a cake in front of you”, he was referring to life. So many times in life we continue to focus on small issues, but in the moment they seem like big issues. We’re allowing situations to hold us back because we’re focusing on the wrong things. Why are we reaching from crumbs when there’s a cake in front of us? Because at that moment that’s all we can see. We have to move past the crumbs and see the cake. Stay focused and see the bigger picture.
How often do we allow life and people to deter us from understanding where we need to be? Often.
Life happens, but we must move forward and allow nothing to stop us. How do we allow ourselves to stay focused while going through life? Ask yourself these 3 questions while you’re going through:
1) How is this situation helping me achieve my overall goal?
2) 1 week from now, 1 year from now, 5 years from now, will this really matter?
3) Is this the cake or the crumbs?
Your answers to the questions will determine what you’re reaching for. I encourage you all to take a moment to evaluate whatever may be placed in front of you and ask yourself these three questions because a few years from now, we all want to have the cake, but its almost impossible to make a three tier cake from crumbs.
Continue reaching for the cake in front of you.
“You’re reaching for crumbs when there’s a cake in front of you”.- Troy Johnson