One Step at a Time

Ah! Sorry about last night. I was planning to write last night but I was on call and sick, and it just left my mind. I obviously didn't do it intentionally. Hopefully you will gain a little something extra tonight.

As of three minutes ago I had no idea what I was going to write tonight. So, for a little inspiration, I pulled out two inspirational books that have daily reflections. It wasn't today's reflections that got me thinking but a quote on the page for the beginning of the month. It reads, "Every journey is accomplished one step at a time." Truth. Think about it, I wouldn't have gotten here to this place where I have accomplished so much if it wasn't for all of those little steps that I had to take, the difficult and the easy. And yet, these accomplishments here are just little steps for a bigger accomplishment. Ponder on that for a second. This thing that I have accoplished, this thing that I have worked so hard at, is just another step for something greater. This is so true for everything. On a supernatural level, we do the things here on earth so that we can reach heaven, the greatest accomplishment. We have little accomplishments throughout our day that help us reach that goal. Life is full of stepping stones. I like that. I just came up with that right here and now. Oh, that's quote worthy. I'm going to write that one down. And here's the analogy: yes, life is full of stepping stones, but it matters in which way you step down. I don't know if any of you have ran down a mountain before, but if you have you will know exactly what I am talking about. Once you've climbed up this steep mountain you've got to get down. This is the easy and fun part. You could walk down, but this would be the hard way. Instead, it is much easy to just let your body run down. Ah this is so enjoyable. You let go of your body and just let it fall kind of. So, as you are running down this mountain, you bounce back and forth from boulder to boulder. The easy way to do this is to step with just your toes. Your heel doesn't even touch the rock. You are flying down this mountain so fast that you don't even have time for your heel to touch the rock. But, if you are going slow and you let your heel bounce off the rock, this will make for a long and uneventful trip down. This way is just too difficult. The way you step on the rock matters. You could do it the easy way or the hard way, it is up to you. This is the same with life. Life is full of stepping stones. We can step on them one way, a way full of pessimism, unhappiness, fear, etc., or we can step on them another way, a way full of optimism, joy, and adventure. This sounds like the better way. So, as you are stepping on those little stones tomorrow, think about the way that you are stepping on them. Are you joyful? Or, are you in a bad mood for no apparent reason?

I hope you have a blessed Sunday!

P.S. The way this blog turned out was not was I was anticipating when I began to write my analogy. And look, something really great came from it. This is what I call divine inspiration.