There are certain quotes I find weird when I listen to them, and one of them has to be the famous A Journey of a Thousand Miles Begins With a Step. I refer to it as famous because you must have come across it not once, and maybe not twice. It is that kind of quote you get to hear when somebody wants to get you off your feet.
I know what the quote is trying to say is that you should not get stuck in your fear and just bring with whatever it is you want to do, no matter how small the effect may be or the change it may create. But when you come to think of it on a literal standing ground, the journey of a thousand miles. Like, come on, I will never finish that kind of journey. Then you add the icing to the cake by telling me it begins with just one step. Tell me when that journey finishes, and I am so sure that I will never finish that journey with my two feet.
Well, picture this with me. Imagine you start the journey after waking up in the morning, brushing your teeth, putting on your Nike shoes to support your feet for the heavy journey ahead, and then you tell yourself that is one step, more to go. You have not even converted the number of human steps it would take to make up a thousand miles. Assuming 2,000,000 steps is what it takes, so once you make the first step, then it is 1,999,999 steps left. I am already discouraged if I want to be transparent about it.
What happened to just taking the first step or just do it like Nike's slogan? That is more encouraging in my opinion. I do not have to worry more about the miles ahead or the ones I have taken. Just all focused on the main goal.
Probably the dramatic effect in the quote is what makes it motivating since it passes across the message you should just start, no matter how small it may be, and when you also think about it, Life is a journey with so many trials and tribulations in the form of an endless journey. It got me thinking about what a funny image it is when I hear the quote.
Well, weird things just have a way of sticking simply because people have a funny way of remembering them. If the quote was so simple as just start, begin, or give it a try, people might not remember, and I probably would not have written a post about it. Then, when you think about the journey of a thousand miles begins with a step, now that is something that could stick. This one has definitely shocked me.
Nonetheless, the journey ahead will be long, challenging, and like certain times it will definitely not make sense, but you just keep going. Start with that first step and keep going; that message cannot be disputed.
I would like to know what you all also have to share about certain quotes you find funny or weird, no matter how funny or weird they may be to you. Share in the comment section. It will be interesting to see what you all have to say.
I am @samostically, a chess player and writer. I love to share the experience I have gained from different battles over the 64 squares and the knowledgeable insights from books I have read. But most importantly, I am a Midnight Owl and I founded the community Midnight Letters.
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Personally, I just resonate more with quotes that speak to me about certain things at certain times. So I don’t really care much about those quotes that doesn’t pique my interest. I have seen a lot of funny quotes but I didn’t even bother trying to keep them in my head. And usually, I only remember them when I want to joke about them.
Now that you wrote about this particular quote, I think the “thousand miles” in the quote denote the endlessness of how the journey seems before we start that always make us feel discouraged but if we can take one step, maybe then we will see more possibilities of getting to the end.
But yeah, the literal meaning is really weird and funny. 😂🤲 And I so much agree with you when you said that these kind of quotes draw more attention than the simple straightforward ones.
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Nice post. The way you explained the quote made me laugh because it's actually true. Thinking of a thousand mile journey can be so scary. But the message behind the quote it still makes sense, we should just start, even if it's small.
My best quote is Little drops of water make a mighty ocean.
What this quote means to me is that small efforts really do matter. Even if what I'm doing is little, it will soon add over time. Just like the quote, just little drops come together to form an ocean. If I can add to it again , it also means every little step I take can lead to something big in the future.
okay!.... first of you referring to the quote on a literal sense which wasn't suppose to be
secondly the quote uses a figure of speech hyperbole to emphasize on the weight of task ahead like challenges, difficulties, circumstances, unforseen situations.
then lastly on a literal sense now it's still possible, like Emmy who's riding a bicycle all the way from Nigeria to the US... imagine that but quote like these gets him the motivation to head on.....
so it's all depends on your perspectives
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