Sometime that task that lay in front of us seems insurmountable. We wonder how we can possibly do this. It seems so overwhelming we never start. We stay frozen in indecision. "People who want to move mountains must start by carrying away very small stones."1
Perhaps you remember the movie from a number of years ago, "What About Bob" with Bill Murphy and Richard Dryfuss. You recall that Leo Marvin (played by Dryfuss) is a Psychiatrist that wrote a book called, "Baby Steps". After his first session with Dr. Marvin, Bob begins immediately applying the principle to get on the elevator. You can hear him talking to himself: "baby steps onto the elevator, baby steps onto the elevator, baby steps onto the elevator." Taking small steps he actually gets onto the elevator. As the doors close behind him, he screams all the way down. It's a funny, feel good movie but that truth is very practical.
Do you have an overwhelming task before you? Are you uncertain where to start? Begin by breaking the task into smaller more manageable tasks and then start with the first one and work at it until you complete it, then move on to the next one. It may even be helpful to give yourself some reasonable deadlines to complete each task by. Even if you don't hit the deadline perfectly, you will be surprised at what you can accomplish when to take thing in bite size chunks.
My Aunt Lorraine, who has long since gone to glory, used to say to me, "Inch by inch everything's a cinch.
What are you putting off because it looms too large in your thinking? Start by carrying away very small stones and look to the Lord to direct you steps
Diane
1 Vern McLellan, "Wise Words and Quotes" Tyndale House Publishers, 1998.
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