Let’s all be like Eden: Don’t be scared to take those baby steps
My son will be a year old this Wednesday and we’re all so excited to see him taking his first steps. As a mom, I have always wanted to witness my little baby get up on his own feet and move all by himself. Oh my God! It’s a beautiful feeling, considering that it still feels like I walked out of the hospital with him just yesterday, and now he is taking steps on his own.
Watching him walk around the house with a smile on my face has become my newest obsession. Yesterday, I was lost in my thoughts as I watched him walk around the church auditorium. He would walk a bit and fall on the floor, but then he would rise and keep making the effort. His steps are still staggering and very unsure, but he doesn’t wait for his steps to feel or look great before he makes them. In fact, if he never tries to take these baby steps, he may never actually take the bold steps. This hit me so hard.
A lot of us are waiting to look or feel great before we take steps. We forget that it is natural for you to be unsure at this moment, it is natural for you to even fail, fall, and make mistakes
I cannot remember how many times Eden has fallen; in fact, he almost always falls. But guess what, for the couple of days I have watched him, I have realized that the more steps he took, the more he rose when he fell, the better he became at walking. Now he has a lot fewer falls than when he began. This is a testament to the fact that the more we do the better we get and the better we get the fewer mistakes and failures we’ll experience.
I watch his facial expressions closely and one thing that still baffles me is his intrinsic reaction to falling, he believes it’s normal! He doesn’t even think much of it, sometimes he even falls with a smile, gets up, learns to not walk too fast, and viola! he tries again. Somehow, he understands that falling is part of the walking process. Eden has an understanding that I, his mother, struggle with. Most times, when I make mistakes or fail, I make a really big deal out of it, I roll around the mistake, scold myself, replay the event in my head, and dream about it, but here onwards Like Eden, I am learning to move with what I have, embrace uncertainty, I am learning to start right where I am, and believe that failure is a part of the process and I shouldn’t make a big deal out of it but learn the lessons and move on. Period!
Until next time, Bye.