Baby Steps

    Baby Steps.  This week as I watched my baby girl start walking, I was reminded of an important lesson in life.  Everything starts with baby steps.  One does not just achieve greatness with the blink of an eye. No, You start with one little step, and you keep plugging along.  Even if you fall down some times, you get back up and take another step.  As I was pondering this I was thinking about relationships in general.  How every relationship starts with a baby step.  That friend who is having coffee with you, or shooting some hoops, was not just always your friend.  Something made the spark in that relationship to get it going.  After a few years maybe you went from a baby step of saying "Hello", to the 'jogging', of shooting hoops.  But be careful not to sprain the ankle, or you might just have to start back at baby steps again.  Now that I stated the obvious,here is a reminder.  If you are some where in life where you feel like your never going to make it to a goal. Remember that every baby step counts, soon you will be running.  Don't give up just because its hard to learn how to walk on your journey.   

    In my case, my journey right now, is marriage and motherhood.  Reminding myself that one is not just born a great wife and mom, and its 'OK' to work on it, has been a blessing to my soul.  To often do I compare myself to others, without realizing that they had to go though the baby steps too.   

'The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step'

Loa Tzu