“Big journeys start with small steps,” unknown.  We must not confuse getting things done with taking more on—or assume that taking on more and more will lead to success.  It is the sum of all the small daily habits we embrace that determine our success in life.  It is the every day, the things we put our energy toward and how we execute all of those things that show us what we get.  Some of the major milestones in life are reached simply because of taking the first step.  It doesn’t matter how big the idea is, it always starts with one single step.  Then we take the next one.  Each of those steps will lead us to precipice where we can take the biggest leap of our lives.

See we feel terrified when we take the leap into the unknown, and I want to be clear that for real change to occur we all have to take the leap at some point, because we don’t know what comes of it.  But when we’ve taken the little steps to get to the point where we need to fly, we are better prepared and we know what to do when we reach that ledge.  We know we are able to fly and we know that we can take that leap because even if we can’t see where it goes/where it leads to, we know that we will be able to carry ourselves through/over/under–wherever.  So many of us spend time planning—we’ve been talking about the planning stage.  It’s exciting, it’s thrilling, it’s full of possibility.  But when we crowd ourself with doing and doing, that becomes mere movement.  And we’ve spoken many times of the difference between movement and progress.    

If we have a big vision, we need to take big steps.  We need to follow through.  We need to be who we are meant to be.  and we don’t come into this world knowing how to fly—we just know that we can fly.  So the real key is this: We have to take the little steps that lead us to the point where we know when we spread our wings we will soar, we will carry our own weight on the wind and we can direct our own course.  The vision we have sets the tone for our actions and we can sit there and get overwhelmed with the millions of little steps we must take to achieve those goals—or we can simply take one step.  Because sitting there thinking of all we have to do, worrying about the weight of what we have to do, gets nothing done.  taking that first step, while only a step, is what brings us closer to flying.  Once we know and develop the strength in our wings, that will carry us as far as we want to go.