At our District Conference, we distributed daffodil bulbs. That wasn't a random choice; it was because of a story by Jaroldeen Edwards. I hope you'll take it to heart.
The story is about a woman who planted thousands of daffodils...one at a time...and before long, the hillside near her home was abundant in golden yellow daffodils. In the story, the narrator walks up to the house to learn more about the daffodils, and she finds this poster: "Answers to the Questions I Know You Are Asking. 50,000 bulbs. One at a time, by one woman. Two hands, two feet, and one brain. Begun in 1958."
For Ms. Edwards, "that moment was a life-changing experience. I thought of this woman whom I had never met, who, more than 40 years before, had begun, one bulb at a time, to bring her vision of beauty and joy to an obscure mountaintop. Planting one bulb at a time, year after year, this unknown woman had forever changed the world in which she lived. One day at a time, she had created something of extraordinary magnificence, beauty, and inspiration."The moral of the story: "Learning to move toward our goals and desires one step at a time--often just one baby step at a time--and learning to love the doing, learning to use the accumulation of time. When we multiply tiny pieces of time with small increments of daily effort, we too will find we can accomplish magnificent things. We can change the world."
Use the Daffodil Principle. Stop waiting. There is no better time than right now to start your own Daffodil Principle and "Make Dreams Real." If you'd like to read the entire story, just click here.
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