"One."

One is the biggest number. Everything starts with one. Waking up for the day, one step in an ultra race, one question, one answer. A raindrop. A raindrop runs into a stream, a river, a flash flood, can move mountains, carve out the earth. A snowflake, the same. A singular flake does not hold much weight, seems insignificant. But one at a time, it turns into feet, the power of an avalanche. Our journey in life is no different. It takes a lot of “ones” to make a difference, but every “one” counts. There are no shortcuts. It’s about doing the basics extremely well, over and over again. Without one, you cannot get to the next number. Infinity starts at one.

A single spark ignites the fire. The first dirt moved, breaking ground on a new venture. One idea, one conversation, one page of a book, one word written, each one a tiny moment of creation. A new experience, a new skill learned, one step at a time. Every new beginning starts with one. It's the first step in the dark, before the path is clear, that leads to something bigger. Every “one” is the foundation of what comes next, and each one is a building block for the journey ahead. Without it, there is no forward motion, no story to tell, no trail to blaze.

And each “one” grows. Every existing thing continues, expands, and evolves with one. From the smallest seed to the tallest tree, everything that exists was once just one. One thought, one action, one spark of possibility. As we move forward, each new one builds on the last, compounding, growing, connecting us to the next. It’s the unbroken chain that leads us forward, that drives progress, and fuels the growth of all things.