Progression not Perfection

Progressing is to move forward without regressing; be it in personal life goals, schooling, career, finances, marriage, parenting. Perfection on the other hand is the illusion that every detail should be flawless, without defect which is a fallacy. Progression enables one to learn through mistakes and quite often offers the benefit of doubt that one can always do better.

The progression mindset is a notion that helps one achieve goals despite how big/unrealistic or scary the goal might be. The idioms like Rome wasn’t built in a day, or a journey of a thousand miles start with one step, stresses that breaking down tasks of a big goal can be attainable in increments. Patience, discipline, and consistency ensures that the small increment towards the goal makes it achievable.

Have you ever set goals of what you would like to achieve despite the adversity or the nay-sayers? The fact that that space is painfully uncomfortable and every fiber in you screaming to want to quit but still have the courage to continue and do the work, is what counts. It is the difference between success and quiting. This is where faith comes in. Have you heard the Lord of the 11th hour? Where, by faith, God intervenes in a situation where the case was helpless and hopeless? At the brink of it all, there is a breakthrough where the situation suddenly seems favorable, just when you thought that things couldn’t be any worse.

The book Awakened Faith details the story of one woman, Josephine Wawira Wachira, my mother whose progression catapulted her to fulfilment and success through delayed gratification on many fonts of her life. Today, we celebrate her birthday and her achievements in shaping and influencing her children, her grandchildren, and her community on matters of faith, discipline, setting and achieving goals.

Me and my mom, Jane-Josephine…Happy Birthday!

Never quit, keep moving.