{"id":17126,"date":"2011-01-06T23:58:42","date_gmt":"2011-01-07T03:58:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/real-life\/?p=17126"},"modified":"2011-01-06T23:58:42","modified_gmt":"2011-01-07T03:58:42","slug":"one-step-at-a-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/real-life\/one-step-at-a-time\/","title":{"rendered":"One Step at a Time"},"content":{"rendered":"

This week I visited the lighthouse in St. Augustine. We had free tickets and my husband thought it would be fun to climb to the top and enjoy the great view. I thought it would be fun too, until I walked in the lighthouse and saw the 200+ open steps.
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I wasn’t afraid of a little exercise, I was afraid of falling to my death. \ud83d\ude42 I climbed up the stairs and made it about half-way when I started to feel a little sick about the whole thing. My brain said keep on going, there is nothing to be afraid of, but my heart said turn back while you can!<\/p>\n

I decided I was going to be a big girl and make it to the top. My very gracious husband carried my big camera with the pink strap because it was bothering me as I climbed higher and higher.<\/p>\n

We made it to the top and it was worth it.<\/p>\n

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Even on a cloudy dreary day the view was great, and it was fun to pick out the places in St. Augustine that we recognized.<\/p>\n

Going down scared me as much as walking up, but I found another lady who was a scaredy-cat like me and we walked down together.<\/p>\n

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I realized that climbing the lighthouse was a lot like real life. Many times a job or project can seem overwhelming and we put it off because we can’t stand the thought of tackling it. But, by taking one step at a time you eventually get the job done!<\/p>\n

What project is looming over you this year? For me it is finishing unpacking and moving in our house.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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