Oh my! I cannot believe how long it has been since the last post! Honestly, I haven’t been very bloggy lately and just felt like I didn’t have anything interesting to say. I’ve been sitting on that fence again (see the post “Fence Sitting is NOT an Olympic Sport”) and I just couldn’t bring myself to write about it…again.
However…for the last couple of days a crazy movie has been going around in my mind and it made me think about things. Have you ever seen the movie “What About Bob?” It is a funny, quirky movie in which the main character has tons of issues and basically drives his psychiatrist crazy. The doctor wrote a book called, “Baby Steps” to encourage people to take one small step at a time when making changes in their lives. It’s a simplistic idea but when you get right down to it, it is priceless advice.
When things seem too big to accomplish and we feel overwhelmed by all we are facing, often just taking the tiniest of baby steps towards our goal is exactly what we need to do to gain some momentum. Even one step a day is enough to get things started. It gets us off that fence that is so comfortable.
An old friend from college posted on facebook that she had run over 12 miles today. This was a great accomplishment for her and it brings her one step closer to her goal of running in a marathon. Obviously, when she began she wasn’t running that distance. She started off small and increased the distance as she went along and she’ll continue as she grows closer to her goal.
When we are facing a long term goal, sometimes slow and steady wins the race. There is a time to sprint and a time to take things one step at a time. Even if that step is a baby step…
I totally agree. And if you jump in with both feet, sometimes you get put back to the beginning to ensure you follow the correct process. Every thing, and every phase, of our lives is a learning process, and if we skip ahead, we get sent back for the basics. I’ve stopped trying to skip ahead… and am happy to sit back and let things be, and go as slow as they need to go. So if there’s one thing I’ve learned, it’s patience.
By: Sis on February 22, 2010
at 3:27 pm
You know what they say…Patience is a virtue!
By: peacefulliving on February 23, 2010
at 2:07 am
Good to see you posting again…and to know you’re off the fence
By: daynovel on February 23, 2010
at 7:16 pm
By: peacefulliving on February 24, 2010
at 2:52 am