Lessons

Already my boys have taught me so much. Just yesterday as I was watching Sammy crawl forward for the first time, I started on a road that I hope will teach me a big one. Sam did not just crawl with no beginning. He had been trying and trying and very slowly, over many weeks, he finally made one step forward. I am trying to learn this. That baby steps are the way to go. That life is not all or nothing, good or bad, black or white. I am often told the quote "A journey of 10,000 miles begins with a single step". But that never did much for me. Frankly you had me at "10,000 miles". I already wanted to take a nap (like Sam did as soon as he made some progress—as shown below). But maybe I can do baby steps. Maybe I can make choices that will turn a bad day around. Maybe it DOES all add up. Maybe I can learn from Sam. Maybe there is hope for me yet. and some more I took: