Every Journey, starts with a First Step

Every journey, does indeed start with a first step, even if your not too sure, what that first step is.

I’ve had a recent experience of this thought. Something happened, but I was in denial about the upset, it had caused me. 😦

My go to place, when things go wrong, is to, Accept, Repent and Forgive. I was trying to do this, but, the upset remained. (Unbeknown to me.)

Forgiving was, in some ways, the easy part. What happened, was nobody’s fault. So, it was relatively easy to forgive, as there wasn’t any real fault, by anyone, myself included.

Repenting? Not too sure what I did with this, on this occasion, but it should be easy to want to do better next time. If I can do X,Y and Z, to stop it happening again, then I gladly would. I couldn’t even really go and have a rant at anyone, as no one was to blame for what happened. So, the Repent, was relatively easy.

How about Accepting?

Looking back, I can clearly see, that I was in Denial, about this one.

Denial, if it helps you to get through a situation, can actually be a good thing. If there is something that you need to do, but you are overwhelmed with ….. , then Denial can be helpful, if it allows you to do …… , instead of falling apart, or just stopping at the wrong time.

But, Denial is only going to be helpful, if it is only in play, for the time that it is needed, to actually be helpful.

For me, I possibly kind of knew that I was in denial, on some level, but I had no way of, How to Deal with it? 😦

Thankfully, I was looking to my Heavenly Father, for His help. This was probably the first step of the journey.

I had a thought, to make a phone call, to an organisation, that might be able to offer some advice. I did follow up on this thought.

It was when I was speaking with a complete stranger, that I came face to face with my upset. Ok, I got a bit emotional. (Thankfully it was with a complete stranger, who I’ll probably never come into contact with again, who was sympathetic.)
For me, it was the start of a release, that I was needing. A need to Accept, that I was upset, by what had happened.
The phone call itself, was just a confirmation that the actions that I’d taken were the actions to take, and that nothing much more was needed to be done.
From the other person’s point of view, it may have been a bit of a nothing conversation. It was a kind of, you’ve done all you can, so there’s not much more to do.

But, for me, it was coming face to face with the denial, about the upset, that I was trying to push to the side.
Once I realised this, I could then start talking to my Heavenly Father about my upset, properly. The next step of the process. (Which then probably led to another, more fuller, round of … Accept, Repent, and Forgive.)

If you are struggling with anything, then my advice would be to take the first step of, take it to your Heavenly Father and ask for His guidance for what you should do next.
Then be willing to give the answer, that He gives to you, a go.

Sometimes, we may even think, “But I’ve done that already!”
Some first steps, are worth doing, time, and time….. and time, again. 🙂