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I remember an airplane pilot sharing how a plane became lost...the problem was a 1 degree difference at the start of the flight. Changing a flight pattern by 1 degree won't seem much 10 miles later but 500 miles later it can land you in totally different city. Another example that helped me see what it takes to change my life is changing the direction of an oil tanker. Found this at Yahoo: http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20070604081339AAkf0rL
The immense size of these ships, as well as the heavy loads they carry, mean that each supertanker has enormous inertia.
A crash stop maneuver (from 'full ahead' to 'full reverse') can stop a fully loaded supertanker within approximately three kilometres, which takes about 14 minutes.
The turning diameter is almost two kilometres.
(These values vary according to ship size and weight, of course).
Changing a lifetime of thinking takes time with setbacks and obstacles to impede my progress. In this day and age of instant on, instant breakfast, and high speed everything taking time seems like there must be something wrong. I like to think about the cathederal in Rome that I saw with a mosaic dome that took hundreds of years to complete. A masterpiece takes time and is completed just a bit at a time.
http://www.rome.info/pictures/vatican/images/chapel.jpg
10% at a time gets me where I need to be...I just need to be patient with myself.
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