A first step

Our team has been busy, busy as usual - but one of us has been especially busy. Sia, our 11-month old, has been really focusing on her walking! She will be 1 in a few weeks (where has the last year gone?) and she decided about 6 weeks ago that walking looked like something she wanted to figure out! This is my 4th walker and so I've not been rushing her, but I have been intently watching the process.
She's wobbly. She falls a lot. She sometimes needs a hand to hold, sometimes just a pinkie or finger for confidence. She prefers to walk towards someone who is reaching out their arms for her. She's bumped and scraped from obstacles. When she hits her head (or any other body part) it doesn't seem to hurt as much as normal because she's so focused on her destination. But, most importantly, she keeps getting up and trying again.
Things I've noticed about those of us around her. We clap when she takes steps (even if it's just one or two). We reach out to help her up when she topples. We praise her and cheer for her (yes, even if she falls flat). We hold our arms out for her so she knows where she can fall safely. We tell everyone about her successes. We dwell on the steps, not the tumbles. And most importantly, we encourage her to get up and try again.
Not ONCE have I heard anyone say, "well, you've fallen - this walking stuff might not be for you. You should stick to crawling."
"I know someone that tried that and still can't walk, just save yourself the trouble."
"Wow, that sure is taking you a long time to figure out. Your sister walked a lot faster than you did."
"You know you're not supposed to walk yet. This is too early. Sit back down and let us carry you for awhile."
"Why would you want to bother with that when you're already so good at crawling?"
"Don't, Don't, Don't - you know you always fall when you do that!"

Interesting, isn't it?? There are SO MANY parallels in this lesson that I hardly know where to begin! do we finad such encouragement around us???? our family? our friends? or even at our job????
everywhere you tary to do new things, try to set up new procedured, new rule.....or newthig that is new....how far n how quickly we get encouraged????
with every attempt when we fall...we get to listen "see...i had told you!!!!!", "this is our experience.....bt no you dunt want to listen us"

do we really encourage others around us like this, do we really try to see the world from theirs perspective???? how many times we really allow to be them the way they are......
how many times we show the Unconditional Acceptence...total trust and a belief that yessss there is sumbudy fr me reaching out their arms and cheering me with my every move towards them.......