First Steps To ReBooting Your Life
We want to know the how of everything before we take a step forward in the direction of our dreams. How am I going to change careers, how am I going to find some direction in my life, how am I going to relocate to ______ and live happily? We wait for certainty before moving, when that makes no sense. No vision is ever realized, BEFORE we embark on it. We can plan everything down to the last detail on paper, but the fact is – the feeling of safety that gives us is an illusion. Many of the best laid plans go awry – as we have often experienced already.
Planning is essential by all means! But we can begin to have the confidence that we need to move ahead before we have a plan. We don’t have to wait till all the blueprints are in place and everyone we need to make it all happen has signed off on them! Often times, we will not meet everyone we need to make our visions come true until we have shown up and walked a few steps down our chosen path.
Life is a dance, driven by the passion of desire. It doesn’t respond to fear, but to fearlessness. Your FAITH is rewarded in life AND your fears are confirmed. So try FAITH and then take ONE STEP! What does ONE STEP do? One step sends an exuberant affirming message to you. It screams “You CAN do this!” That one step should give you enough confidence and energy to take TWO more steps. That’s how we walk up the ladder of success. In steps. So why do so many people give up before they even take their first step?
Well, here’s a secret about those first step. They need to be small steps! Baby steps! Too often we set up these grandiose first steps, only to fall into the throes of disgust and disenchantment when we fail. We all have done it. Remember your small steps are training ground for the larger steps that you will have to eventually take. There’s no skipping the small steps. The faster we try to get there, the more likely we are to “trip” over the small steps! Allow yourself time to develop your skills. The faster you try to get it all done quickly, the more your dreams can elude you.
Whatever you decide you want to do, accept the fact that you will need to be patient. Patience has its just desserts. Patience breeds quality. It’s okay to take small steps. It’s even okay to fall. Falling is a natural stage of development.The important lesson is to not sop reaching towards our goals, in spite of our falls.
Every desire that is placed in your heart is a seed that grows in time.-Whether that seed be for love, self-respect or maturation, forgiveness, spiritual growth, personal or career advancement – they all take time and nurturing. Give yourself the gift of nurturing. Be gentle and compassionate with yourself and begin with small steps.