The First Step – Day 28

There are some days I wake up and am not sure how I will get it all done.  I don’t really want to exercise or do any of the things on my list for the day.  I really want to just turn off my alarm, roll over, and try again tomorrow.  This isn’t realistic, though.  And it’s not what I would actually do.  So I get up and get moving.  There are a few things which help me take a hold of the day and one of those is running.  When I head out the door in the morning, there are some days I just want to take a few steps and quit.  I don’t want to run the miles.  But I start.  That first step is the key.  Getting out the door is important.  After that first step, it’s another, then another, then another.  Eventually I finish what I set out to do.  I accomplish what I didn’t think was possible when I started.  And it was done one step at a time.

I can easily get overwhelmed with life, but sometimes I just have to take the next step.  We don’t need to figure out how we will make the entire journey.  We don’t need to worry about the steps when we are exhausted or how we will survive.  We simply take the first step.  Another way I get started is a shower.  It is a way to wake up and announce to my brain that I am doing this – so let’s get going.  It’s just one more way to take the first step.

The point isn’t to figure it all out.  Life is overwhelming.  Goals can seem so distant and unreachable.  Days can feel like weeks.  And we can just feel defeated.  When this happens, take the first step.  Whatever that looks like for you, do it.  

In our spiritual journey, that first step might be to read a devotional or pick up a Bible and read a verse.  It might be a prayer or a moment to admire God’s creation.  We don’t become more like Christ in one day.  We do it by taking the next step.  It’s one step at a time.

Whatever you are working to accomplish – whether it is a big goal or simply making it through today – take the next step.  And keep going.  The path isn’t accomplished any other way.  

Blessings as you take the first and the next step today.