think about grass

Think about grass. Grass has to survive and thrive and it can't just pick up and move wholesale. It is literally rooted in place. So what's it's answer? To spread, sending out shoots and runners, and rooting itself wherever it is, in as many different directions as it can.  It is the ultimate stealth plant. I have worked at different times to "control" monkey grass and bamboo (bamboo is the ultimate bad-ass grass), and each time I've been left to admire how well grass improvises and works with what it has. By the time you realize it's shown up somewhere you don't necessarily want it, it is already established and rooted in a way that if you are going to dig it up, you pretty much have to dig everything else up with it. I always think about grass when I talk to people who are telling me all the reasons they are stuck and can't do something, even though they have resources and connections. And it's typically because they think they have to change wholesale and/or they don't want to make a big deal or draw attention to themselves.  Or they're looking for excuses not to change.  Whatever the reason, grass is a great teacher ... if you feel stuck, put out little shoots, relentlessly, in as many different directions as you can, when no one is looking.