Step by Step

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We are used to do things step by step. Whether it is something we want to achieve, some place we want to go to, or even taking some time off. One way or another we dream about it, we think of how we can make it happen, we make a plan, we start acting on our plan ~ and pretty soon we are well on our way to getting where we want to be...

When we look at the more spiritual aspect of it, we call it our path through life, our spiritual path, or our personal path. And this path we walk, as you might expect, step by step. One experience at a time. Part of that is because some of the experiences we have had or will have while walking our personal path are tied to a more or less specific age range. Like the experience of having fun jumping into puddles is one that is of our childhood years. While going to a restaurant for a nice dinner is most definitely a more adult experience.
One follows the other. Step by step.

But every once in a while I wonder what would happen if I would take the concept of taking things step by step to a smaller scale... To take a day in my life and go through it letting my feet take me... wherever... One step at a time...
In a sense just looking at where my feet will carry me that day...

Truth be told... I hardly ever actually do just that. But that doesn’t stop me from daydreaming about it.

Would my feet carry me to the forest? To the beach?
Would my feet bring me to a place with lots of people, or would they take me away from the hustle and bustle to a place of solitude, quiescence even?
Or would I find myself in a museum, a place of discovery?

And while I would take that day step by step, what would I learn about myself? About my path? My work?
What would I learn about the world around me? About friends and family ~ the people in my life?

At the end of the day, would I still be walking? Or would I sit down some place, enjoying a cool drink and watching the sun go down? And the next day ~ would I be all tired of walking all day? Or would I be better rested than I have been in a long, long time?

It is typically one of those things that you really don’t know the answers to unless you take that day and just do it. Step by step, walking the path your feet are choosing for you...
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