Never have I doubted this advice which I shared as a new therapist with my very first private client almost twenty years ago. "Take baby steps towards change and you will be successful."
These words apply to so many situations. Right now it's pretty easy to say that many people are in a place of overwhelm due to the sense of being attacked on so many fronts: economic, human rights, civil liberties, justice and law, health care. How do we even know where to begin? I think it goes back to my original reason for writing this blog; Simple gratitude and the relief that I could still hear myself breath.
We can do what we can in any given day. Have gratitude for what we can do and compassion for what we cannot. I'm currently working on a large book project and one of our editing team has had to drop out for health reasons. This leaves two of us to cull and refine twenty-four chapters for publishing. It is overwhelming and daunting, but I reminded my remaining editing partner and myself that we just take on one task at a time and do not look down into the yawning canyon of the whole book for now. That way your breath remains steady, you don't lose your balance, and you move forward without spiraling into the abyss.
The same could be said for depression, a diagnosis which often robs you of energy and any motivation to move. Just one foot in front of the other at a time. Don't look up for the finish line just keep those feet moving. Baby steps.
What move you to gratitude today?
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