The Domino In My Pocket

I’ve given away hundreds of dominoes over the years.
Lately, I’ve been carrying one around in my pocket.

Why?

Because every domino is a promise.
Not of strength. Of possibility.

An upright domino stores potential energy—quiet, invisible, waiting.
And if it stays upright, all that energy stays locked inside.
But tip it over, and the story begins.

Here’s the physics most people miss:
A falling domino can topple something 1.5 times its size.

The first one knocks over something the size of a deck of cards.
A few steps later, it’s a paperback book.
Then a laptop.

Still small.
Still easy to overlook—unless you’re paying attention.

By step seventeen, it’s toppling a ten-story building.
By step twenty-two, the Eiffel Tower.
And by step twenty-nine?

It can take down the Empire State Building.

Not metaphorically.
Literally.

That’s not motivation. That’s math.

The first few steps are quiet.
They feel small.
They don’t look like much.

But momentum doesn’t care how you feel.

So, why am I carrying around that domino right now?

Because I’m in a season of building.
And these first few early days could seem small—
But they’re loaded with potential energy...
If I just keep showing up.

And the same goes for you.

You don’t have to be extraordinary today.
You just have to tip the next domino.