Steps

One step forward; two steps back.

One step at a time.

The first step you take.

The steps you climb on your first day of school.

The steps you climb on a patio or porch when you arrive home.

The steps you run up to the comfort of your bedroom.

The steps you run down to meet a boy/girl or a family member you haven't seen in a long time.

The beginning steps you learned in ballet and tap class.

The steps you mastered to the choreography of your first dance performance.

The steps you climbed out of the deep water after going down the 25 foot high slide for the first time.

The steps you retraced to find something you lost.

The steps you retraced at the scene of a crime.

The steps you take to reunite with a loved one at the airport, perhaps after many years apart.

The step you take toward forgiving someone.

The steps you take on a daily walk.

The steps you take in your journal to resolve conflict.

The steps of a new task you learned at a new job.

The smaller steps you take to reach a Big Goal.


Life is full of the steps we take each day to get from where we are to where we want to be.

We don't always know exactly where we will end up with each step we take.

And we don't know how many steps we have left before we take our last.


Let's choose each step carefully, thoughtfully, lovingly, deliberately, kindly, and purposefully.

Because we don't know how our step will affect someone else's.
Or our own.

So, what is your next step?

© 2010 by Dawn Herring