The paperwhites are suddenly in bloom again. Suddenly,
as we didn’t see the incremental progression, bulb to leaf to flower, or didn’t
pay attention. Mathematics takes account of small changes, positive or negative,
with big effects. Increments matter. Buildings need to stand. Medicines need to
cure. It’s said the accuracy of the cosmos is far greater than can be explained
by random chance.
Incremental plastics choke the oceans. Incremental
insults poison governments. Little views of violence, little acts of greed. And
incremental ways can make you grow. A drawing a day makes a portfolio; 200
words on the page makes a book; 10 minutes in the can makes a film; one lap of
the track makes a race. Eventually. Don’t let the eventualness of
incrementalness hold you back.
An incremental past is the result of many small
decisions, even seeming sudden. An incremental future is arriving faster than
you realise. Things change all around you and you change too. Look at photos
even 5 years old. You can learn to wobble; you can learn to sketch. You can
make a new beginning with everybody, incrementally. A kind word each day
polishes your soul. “Thou God seest me.”
