Get To Stepping!
By: By Wendy M. Reynolds, MS/P
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Since we have stepped out of 2010 and into a new day, I want to encourage you to step in with joy, step in with peace, and step in with power- step in knowing that God really is on your side and it’s time to be, live, and give your best! 

To really fulfill your dreams, walk in purpose, and make an impact in the world, you must develop and maintain a great attitude as well as change or expand your way of thinking.  Old thinking will only lead you to places you have already been.  We don’t want to remain in the same place.  We want to step away from the familiar and go to fresh new heights!  We often hear the phrase “Think outside the box.”  Yes, think outside the box, but also step away from the box!  See things differently.  Take some leaps of faith.  Take time this month to honestly consider the direction your life is supposed to go and strategize new ways to get there.  Here are a few tips to help expand your thinking and change your attitude:

• Read the Bible daily
• Walk in forgiveness (even toward yourself)
• Pray
• Go to exciting new places
• Develop new positive friendships
• Read new books
• Seek out new counsel
• Do something every day specifically related to your goals.  For example, if you desire to perform in stage plays, practice a monologue a day, volunteer behind the set, audition …) Stay in the mindset and atmosphere of your dreams!
• Try new things (umm…legal things!  Lol)  
• Consider treating yourself to a fresh new look.
• Leave behind baggage, weights, sin, as well as unprofitable & negative behavior. (I read a quote that said, “You aren’t limited by you past, you’re limited by the amount of weight you refuse to release from your past!”)
• Live in expectation!
• Expect the impossible
• Expect good things
• Expect things to go right  
• Expect opportunities  
• Expect to be sought after
• Expect to be impactful & spectacular
• Expect to be blessed and to be a blessing. 

This is the time to stir up your gifts & step into who you really are- be that extraordinary person- that shining star that God created you to be!  Start stepping!