The First Step You Take Is Always
The Most Important One
“The first few steps
you take on any journey
won’t get you where you want to go.
But without those first steps
and the many more that follow,
you would always be standing
right where you are,
looking towards the future
and wondering what it would
really be like
to see your world
the way you always dreamed it could be.”
Nick Santana
Interesting quote. It makes me think about
how a baby gets up and tries to take that first step.
Sometimes they fall down and other times they take a few steps
and then fall down. They keep trying until finally they can
walk across the room. I remember my daughter Jill’s first
steps and the smile on her face when she was able to walk
across the room.
I am thinking we never lose that ability to keep trying until
we succeed, it only gets buried under our ego, thoughts and
fears. How can we awaken the desire to continue taking those
first steps?
What usually works is a desire to make a change. Let’s take
for instance you want to lose 20 pounds by Christmas. Your ego
and thoughts want to protect you from failure so they tell
you, “It is impossible to lose 20 pounds by Christmas, so why
even try - and look at all the fun you will miss by not eating
your mother’s Christmas cookies.” Listening to your ego and
thoughts, you decide not to go on a diet until after New
Years.
Let’s change the situation. Your ego and thoughts still tell
you the same story, however, you want to lose some weight
before Christmas. Your first step is to read the “Getting Off
the Diet Merry-Go-Round” blog and find some tools you can use
to change your behavior. You re-read the November 7, 2007
article and like some of the steps that were suggested. Making
a decision, you decide you are going to try the following two
steps:
-
STOP dieting and eat one healthy meal a
day.
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Look in the mirror every morning and tell
yourself out loud, “I love you.” At first it may be hard and
as time goes on it gets easier.
By taking any small steps, it will renew the
same ability you had as a baby to keep striving until you reach
your goal. It does not matter if you fail. It only matters
whether or not you continue taking the steps until your new
behavior becomes a habit. As Nick Santana states in his quote,
the first steps are the most important because it starts you on
your journey of taking the required steps to see your dream come
true.
I invite you to start taking one to two small steps and continue
taking them everyday until they become a habit before changing
your plan or adding additional steps. It has been proven that it
takes 21 days to change a habit. Please let me know how you are
progressing and whether you need any support. I can be reached
by leaving a comment on the ‘Getting Off The Diet Merry-Go-Round
blog or sending an email to
helen@loveyourselfcoaching.net.
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Helen J. Burton received her certification as a Coach and
is a Love Yourself Coach working with individuals who are
tired of struggling with food. After losing 70 pounds, and
keeping it off since 1998, Helen realized she had a
special gift of helping people with food struggles. Now
Helen works with individuals who need more than a diet
program to lose weight and live the life they always
wanted. Instead of just wishing for that life. Helen loves
spending time having coffee with friends and quality time
with her grandchildren.
To receive more tips about how to be kind to yourself
while Getting Off the Diet Merry-Go-Round visit her blog
at
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