Gulliver's Travels ....

There is a phrase I use constantly when talking to people about how authentic change is a very slow moving process, and patience combined with compassion is the way to manage that time.
The phrase is: "like little cat feet...." and the example I use is: " If you were walking from here to Santa Barbara, and everyday you only took ONE cat step, it might take you a year to get to SB, but you would get there....." Everyone nods in acknowledgment....they get the picture.

Then another image came to mind in trying to get a client to grasp the enormity of the journey, so she would stop punishing herself for not making faster progress.

Gulliver...remember the image of him being tied down by thousands of tiny, thin ropes that to him were 'just' strings...but how the villagers actually had control over him.

Well, our fears, our monsters in our closets are like the villagers....holding us back from living a life that belongs to us, not our fears.

So, each time we have a cat step forward, we are cutting yet another rope, another tie, releasing another fear from occupancy in our heads.
And, it moves slowly.....intentionally.

So, be patient, be kind to yourself, you are on the right road....