The-Slight-Edge

ChAPTER 9
Faces of the Slight Edge
The highest good is like water.
Water gives life to the ten thousand things and yet
does not compete with them.
It flows in places that the mass of people detest and
therefore is it close to the Way.
— Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching
The Slight Edge is simple and constant. At the same time, the more you
understand it and the more you become familiar with it, the more you will come
to recognize its influence in your life in many forms and under many disguises.
It is the irresistible force delivered by the tidal wash that polishes the sharp
edges of a rocky reef to porcelain smoothness; it is as ever-present in all aspects
of life as the water molecule is in biology.
It is the force hiding within the music that “soothes the savage breast.”
Writing about love, the Apostle Paul said that it is a force that “endures all things
and conquers all things,” and within the universal human solvent of love, it’s not
hard to recognize the power of the Slight Edge. Mark Twain wrote, “Against the
assault of laughter, nothing can stand.” That is the power of the Slight Edge.
There are several faces of the Slight Edge I want to point out to you because
they each represent a power that, once you recognize it in your life, you can
harness in the pursuit of your dreams. They are momentum; completion; habit;
reflection; and celebration.