Tag: small steps

Running away

Posted on by philipdodson

The more we run away and hide from life, the harder life becomes. We run so far away from our true-self that it becomes frightening to go back to it

We have to stop running and hiding and be brave enough to take that leap into the unknown. It might not work, but it might too. That’s the beauty of life, the uncertain adventure.

If we make that leap a small step, we can face it and then take another step and keep stepping moment by moment, nothing too big.

If we focus beyond now and one step, we keep running away. It’s too much when we try to make giant leaps as our minds get wrapped up with the outcome and then sabotage any attempt to take the journey.

Take a step towards the dream and who knows? Make it small but take it.

A little step forward

Posted on by philipdodson

As we all sit here on the 1st day of a new year pondering the tsunami of things we are going to change simply because the date has changed, just pause, then take the list of things to do and throw it away.

When we set ourselves these huge lists they are too much for the mind, they present too much change and therefore it’s risky, so the mind will sabotage. Also, willpower only lasts so long, so by the mid to end of January, most have given up.

Just pick something today that you can do, a small step towards changing one thing, and focus on that for a few weeks. Then pick another and so on.

Small, manageable and ‘easy’ daily steps take us forward and build like compound interest if we take the small step every day.

The tsunami of change always fails. Take a little step now.