You Were Saying?

If you burn your bridges, you may end up stranded on your own island--or someone else's.
 
If you count your chickens, you may end up counting on some of the worst--and leaving out some of the best--possibilities.
 
If you put one foot in front of the other, you may not end up where you intended, but you'll at least be going somewhere.
 
If you watch the pot (or computer screen) of life too carefully, it will never boil.
 
If you give an inch, perhaps you'll be the one to get the mile.
 
If you make a stitch in your life in time, you may save a lot more than nine.
 
If you keep rolling, you are unlikely to gather moss--or to become surrounded by all sorts of things that don't help you.
 
If you are in motion, there's a pretty good chance you'll stay in motion.
 
While we can't live by sayings alone, some of them can be pretty appropriate to life's changing situations. We don't have to sew, or cook, or even know anything about plants or livestock--we just need to step far enough back from what we're doing--not just to reduce it to a pithy saying, but to see it just a little bit better.