I’ve been talking to a friend about the importance of taking baby steps to get to where you want to go. And then I was listening to some Carolyn Myss CDs that I burned from some free downloads on her site. It’s a weekend workshop on The Wizard of Oz. The sound quality and editing isn’t always great, but the material is fabulous.

She talks about the need to engage not just our head and mind but our heart. If you logically decide you should make a change in your life, it’ll only take you so far because only your head believes it. It’s a ’should’. To make it a ‘want to’, you need to engage your heart. You need to find the meaning and purpose in it. Find the part that speaks to your soul.

Carolyn talks about the importance of *activating* our intention. A great way to do that is with baby steps. My friend has wanted to make some big changes at work. But the first thing she did is clear up some of the clutter in her office. She brought in a good water glass to make sure she gets her 8 per day and a little table top fountain for some calming influence. She said that making those changes to her environment made a huge difference. Not only does she see that she’s made some real physical changes but it’s like she’s convinced herself she’s worth making change for, and confirmed that big work changes are worth committing the energy to.

Sometimes baby steps are the only way to move forward because you don’t have the whole journey mapped out. And that’s OK, because making the first step will help you get closer to seeing what the next one should be. It’s like by making a move, any move, it proves you’re physically heading toward your goal and not just talking about it. A baby step is enough to get you off the couch. And it creates momentum.

Carolyn says that the important part of taking baby steps is meeting your inner-saboteur head-on. When you start doing something consistently, you will meet up with the part of yourself that doesn’t want you to change. And that’s an opportunity to deal with that stuff, at the heart level, and move on to the next baby step.