If you can commit to a streak, things will seem to happen all of a sudden.

Exercise regularly, and all of a sudden, your months of work will result in a healthier body.

Write daily, and all of a sudden, you’ll have enough content for a book.

Meditate frequently, and all of a sudden, you’ll live with more calm and clarity.

It’s because we only exist moment to moment. Our streaks become part of our history. When we look from the tail-end of a long-standing habit, we can be surprised at how far we’ve come. Looking back at a journey traveled feels quite different than taking the first few steps.

And of course these things unfold gradually. But life often moves with such subtlety that we can only observe the changes with time and distance.

Step by step, little by little, day by day. It’s the only way we ever do things.

Never all at once. Always gradually.

Then, all of a sudden …