Fleeting Feelings

Sitting in my office today with a cup of warm coffee and three sleeping dogs, avoiding the bitter cold that has hit Cleveland, I began listening to some old tapes of lessons with previous mentors. I saw one in particular that stood out and began to listen; it was a final phone call with someone very influential in my life to wrap up our time working together. It was wonderful to step back in time for a few minutes, and his words, as usual, were very wise; "this business doesn't reward impatience, but rather perseverance."

It has been 4.5 years of persevering since that phone call, and a quote keeps looming in my mind. 

"I don't know whether to look back and be proud of how far I have come, or horrified by how little I have done."

I stay with this thought only for a moment, as it is a fleeting feeling rather than a fact, and there seems to be little time nowadays to pause for too long. On to another day.