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Baby Steps

Have you ever thought about how important a baby's first step is?  Without that first step, would he ever learn to walk? To run? To skip?  To jump?  To conquer life's challenges?
Without our apparently "small" decisions, would we ever progress in life, take risks, go on to greater things, fulfill our potential?
To both of these things, I hold the answer that NO, we would not accomplish very much without those first baby steps.  They may be small, we may  need to hold on to the furniture for support and balance, but soon enough we are walking, making bigger decisions, life-altering changes in life.
I got to thinking about this because I need to take a baby step right now...and also, at institute on Thursday,  we talked a lot about the eternal perspective.  One of the questions asked was how can we get an eternal perspective in life?  We talked about several things we can do for that, but one I thought about was that each time we make a decision, we need to think about how it will affect us later on down the road, and if that is a part of what we want eternally.  It may be a small decision, or small at first glance, but it will still affect us and our decisions down the road.
I don't know if I can express myself that well, but basically what I am saying is that the baby steps are sometimes, usually, the most important ones we take.  They lay the groundwork for what we want, for making our dreams come true, and for one day achieving eternal life.

And I've just taken another baby step!!

PS...it's snowing :)  FINALLY!!!!!!!!!!!

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