The Stairs

I had someone send this to me via e-mail and I 

wanted to share it-I thought

 it was really good-hope it touches you too.

 







The Stairs 
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This morning I stood at the top of the stairs to our basement 
and watched my two-year-old son journey down the stairs. 
 
He was on his way to catch his mother. He was afraid his mother 
would leave without him and head for his school. I desperately 
wanted to take him by the hand and walk him down the stairs. 
But I knew that if I never let him do it on his own, he would 
always depend on the balancing power of his father's hand. 
 
Instead, I simply stayed close behind ready to move in an 
instant if he appeared to fall. 
 
With his little legs and fragile sense of balance, he could not 
just walk down the stairs like an adult could. He sat down on 
his bottom and scooted down the first step. 
 
Then he scooted down the second step. 
 
By this time, his mother had made it to the garage to load the 
other two kids. 
 
As I watched him scoot step by step, I was reminded of the 
steps all of us have to take in life. Just like my son, we have to 
take one step at a time. 
 
We step at the rate and posture where we can maintain our 
balance, until we reach the end of the stairs. 
 
If we move too fast or maintain too lofty of a posture, we will 
tumble down the stairs. 
 
If we move too slow or stop moving altogether, we could get left 
behind or hold up the kid behind us. 
 
Looking at all of the stairs at one time looks scary, focusing 
on one step at a time and conquering that step is not so scary. 
 
My two-year-old like many adults, did not know the 
father stood behind him lest he fall, nor did he realize 
that his mother would have waited for him to arrive. 
 
Even though you are older than two, how are you moving 
along your stairs of life? 
 
~A MountainWings Original by James Bronner~