A staircase is often linked with success. Ask a dream analyst and he will tell you about positive and negative interpretations about ascending and descending a stair. A cinematographer will tell you how stairs have been used creatively as the centre stage of many films. A fitness expert will tell you of how regular stair climbing can aid in your cardiovascular workout. Ask me as an Architect, and I will tell you about the importance of stairs in a building.
Our life is like a staircase. We have many dreams and aspirations, but we need to take small steps to get there. Success is not instant. Little steps every day counts in making something a little better. Somebody has truly said that there is no elevator to success, you have to take the stairs. Whether you want to save money for your vacations, you want to give up addiction to something, switching from one career to another, learn a new cuisine or an art form, you need to take small steps each day. You can't jump to the top.
You will find thousands of people climbing the stairs with you but not reaching the top and giving up in the process. I would say if you want to reach the top, take small steps from the bottom, take a break when you begin to pant and wear off, relax and reward yourself for whatever little goals you achieved, and then continue with sure steps. Don't quit...remember why you took the steps in the first place. Stay motivated and prepare yourself for long-term goals, that gives a direction to your success. With self-discipline, hard work and determination we can certainly achieve our goals.
You will find thousands of people climbing the stairs with you but not reaching the top and giving up in the process. I would say if you want to reach the top, take small steps from the bottom, take a break when you begin to pant and wear off, relax and reward yourself for whatever little goals you achieved, and then continue with sure steps. Don't quit...remember why you took the steps in the first place. Stay motivated and prepare yourself for long-term goals, that gives a direction to your success. With self-discipline, hard work and determination we can certainly achieve our goals.
Some interesting facts about staircases I couldn't stop myself from posting:
- The longest staircase in the world can be found on the slopes of Mount Niesen on the slopes of the Swiss Alps. There are 11,674 steps in all and is nicknamed the 'Swiss Pyramid' for its triangular shape.
- Angkor Wat temple stairs in Cambodia were made supposedly made steep to remind the climbers that heaven is hard to reach!
- The 16th Avenue Tiled Steps is perhaps the world's longest mosaic staircase with 163 steps. Over 2000 handmade tiles and 75,000 fragments of tile, mirror and stained glass were used in the finished staircase in San Francisco, USA.
- The Bridge, over the Traversinertobel in Switzerland, is a suspended footbridge spanning a distance of 56 metres, with a difference in height of 22 metres between the two ends. The problem of connecting two different elevations over the gorge was solved by creating this staircase.
- In England, the Cockney dialect uses the term "apples and pears" to refer to stairs. Imagine saying "I am going down the apples and pears quickly"!
- In China, the first granite stairs were used as a symbol of religious power.
- For all the Maths wizards - The Devil's Staircase is a mathematical function known as the Cantor set, wherein the derivative is 0 almost everywhere, but it magically rises from 0 to 1!
Finally, don't ever stop dreaming...take small steps today and every day.
Step on to a nice day today!
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