I can be as greedy as the next man. I want more money. I want more good things in my life. Most of us want more of the good things. More does not always matter though. Sometimes one is enough. I am grateful that one of something can be enough.
If you ask people to list the important things in life you’re going to get a lot of the same answer. You will hear you need to have a good career. You will hear you need to marry an awesome person. You will hear you want to own a good home. These are all huge things in your life. They are also things you only have to get right once.
I find it comforting that when it comes to some of the most important decisions and accomplishments that we only have to get things right once. I make a lot of mistakes and missteps in life. I am comforted by the idea that I just have to get a few of the big things right once. Having to get things right for my whole life seems like it would be hard. I can do a few things right once though.
There are so many things that fall into this category of things. In the hard days its nice to think that we only have to do one good thing for things to turn. One good conversation with the right person can flip things really quick. I am just grateful there is great power in the power of one.