10/4/2018 3 Comments Baby steps....There are people on this staff who are mountain climbers. They see a mountain of a challenge and bounce a few times on the balls of their feet, then spring into action. They seem to scramble almost effortlessly to the top. I am not a mountain climber. I see that mountain, feel the weight of it looming over me and decide taking a nap at its base is a much better idea. :)
But when I wake up, I realize the mountain is still there. And I must tackle it. So today as I'm talking to myself possibly more than to anyone reading this, I'm thinking about baby steps. Awkward, staggering, funny little steps that we know will grow stronger but sure do feel silly right now. Mountains currently in my path include NWEA testing, Data teams, homework issues, an array of acronyms (MTSS, LRE, RTI, PBIS. DOK), a cat who thinks breakfast is at 2:00 a.m. and a cut on my finger that hurt so badly it made me vomit. I want to fix every one of these issues right now. (Mostly the finger because it is hard to type with a Band aid.) I want to be on the mountaintop, arms raised in victory, feeling the breeze on my skin. But I'm just here. I must remember to take some awkward, drunken-looking baby steps. I feel like I have taken a whole bunch of those already and I should be loping over things like a gazelle, but the world is reminding me that things take time. So, I'm forging ahead with baby steps. See you at the top!
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Kathleen Ferguson
10/10/2018 10:49:22 am
This hit home with me. I try to be a climber at work, but I don't always succeed. At home not so much. There I am a why do it now when I can do it tomorrow. This post made me smile and think. Thank you and you are doing a GREAT JOB!
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Kim Dobson
10/19/2018 11:25:25 am
Preach, sister! This speaks to me. Don't forget to breathe ;)
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Susie
10/19/2018 11:34:37 am
Best 3 minutes of my day. Thanks!
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