When Progress Feels Invisible (1 min read)

Sometimes progress is like a supermoon.

On October 7th, in many parts of the world, the moon looked unusually big and bright in the night sky.

This phenomenon is known as the “supermoon”.  It happens when the moon, Earth, and sun align just right. Dramatic, hard to miss, and quite visible if it’s happening in your time zone.

But here’s something to reflect on - the moon did not suddenly become spectacular! Instead, it circled the earth for a long time, quietly doing its thing, and after days and hours, it shone its brilliance. Big moments are built in silence.

Often, we spend weeks or even months feeling like nothing changes. Maybe a perfect dance step, learning to crochet, or sticking to a fitness routine bears hardly any result. And sometimes it can even be longer. Like, years of searching for the right role, a much-awaited break, the perfect life partner, or some simple appreciation.  A rhythm so sedate that it takes us to the verge of quitting.

If you’ve been pushing toward a goal and feeling stuck, trust the path.  When the results are negligible compared to painstaking efforts, still keep going.  Big moments are built through small, invisible actions. The undeniable progress is proof of your quiet determination when no one was watching. The supermoon saw many dark new moon nights – shadowed and invisible.  But it kept circling, kept moving, and continued to show up.  

Most of us give up right before the visible breakthrough, keep circling the Sun, your Supermoon awaits!

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