One of my favorite quotes comes from the movie "Finding Nemo," a wonderful animated movie whose characters are sea fish. One of the main characters, Dori, cheerfully exclaims, "Just keep swimming," in the face of challenging situations. I have heard this quoted in all kinds of different situations by people generally referring to keep moving towards a goal.
Yesterday while talking with a friend I suddenly said, "It's easier to keep swimming in a pond than in a desert." Stating the obvious made me laugh at my self, but upon giving it further thought I realized that often a good re-minder of the obvious is just what we need. It seems that sometimes that which is obvious is exactly what eludes us.
If you want to be an artist, immerse yourself in a "pond" of successful artist. If you want to move forward in a new business endeavour immerse yourself in a "pond" of forward moving business people. Once you are in the water all you have to do is "move your fins" and you will "just keep swimming" with a lot less effort.
hey mom i do like that part in the movie. just keep swiming is a good qotues. i know you love qotues. sometimes in a movie you pause it to write down a qotue.
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