Baby Steps

Lyla has mastered couch walking and has been practicing letting go and standing on her own for little bits of time.  It has been fun watching her slowly gain confidence to let go for longer amounts of time. She is stable enough now to take a step on her own but hasn't gained the confidence to lift her foot without any support. 

Tonight as we finished the last half of The Rookie, Lyla was climbing on the kids rocking chair and standing up, letting go and "surfing" as Hayes called it.  We were all having a good laugh at how crazy she was being. I was thinking about what to blog tonight and thought I would post the video of her.  I was skimming pages of a book as I thought and came across this quote from Marion G. Romney:

 "No Latter-day Saint should be content to stand day after day in the same place on the way to eternal life."

I thought back to Lyla, in just over a year she has gone from struggling to breathe on her own to climbing over furniture.  I know those are easier milestone to quantify but the quote made me think about what am I deliberately doing now to grow spiritually. (or physically or mentally for that matter) What milestones in my own personal growth am I trying to reach? What are things I am lacking confidence in that I need to practice?  Lyla has made huge progress in the past week because of her intense focus on learning to walk.  Adult life gives you  many more choices and opportunities, plenty of them good but I know focusing on one single great aspect for a time could bring growth that would otherwise be untapped in the routine of everyday life.


Now to decide what I should work on, what I need to just "let go of the couch" and  DO.