One Step at a Time
One Step at a Time
Sung by Jordin Sparks
Written by Robbie Nevil, Lauren Evans, Jonas Jeberg and Mich Hansen
We live and we learn
To take one step at a time
There’s no need to rush
It’s like learning to fly
Or falling in love (Just falling in love)
It’s gonna happen when it’s supposed to happen
Then we find the reasons why
One step at a time
(see full lyrics at the end of this post)
Many of my therapy clients have expressed a mix of excitement and apprehension as our worlds start to open up again. As more people in the DMV area get their vaccines and are feeling safer going out again, calendars are getting booked again. People are talking about how this decade will be the next “roaring twenties.” Yikes! And that’s when I need retreat to my breathing practice.
The “one step at a time” maxim and this song have been coming to mind as we start to take our first steps out into the spring of life beyond the pandemic. I love how this video depicts the brightness and hope of venturing out again, and I love her shoes (a reminder that it’s been well over a year since I wore heels!)
As we start to come out of this pandemic, new hopes and new anxieties emerge. Enthusiasm is blended with anxiety. New issues emerge for better or worse. Maybe they are even good problems to have – such as seeing more people again – but they still feel stressful.
I appreciate how the lyrics take us through the experience of “feeling more and more frustrated” and “getting all kind of impatient” before we realize we can take a breath and break down the pace.
I invite you to take a moment to enjoy the upbeat energy and optimistic lyrics of this song as a way to ground or motivate yourself during this time.
Full Lyrics:
Hurry up and wait
So close, but so far away
Everything that you’ve always dreamed of
Close enough for you to taste
But you just can’t touch
You wanna show the world, but no one knows your name yet
Wonder when and where and how you’re gonna make it
You know you can if you get the chance
In your face as the door keeps slamming
Now you’re feeling more and more frustrated
And you’re getting all kind of impatient waiting
We live and we learn to take
One step at a time
There’s no need to rush
It’s like learning to fly
Or falling in love
It’s gonna happen when it’s
Supposed to happen that we
Find the reasons why
One step at a time
You believe and you doubt
You’re confused, and got it all figured out
Everything that you always wished for
Could be yours, should be yours, would be yours
If they only knew
You wanna show the world, but no one knows your name yet
Wonder when and where and how you’re gonna make it
You know you can if you get the chance
In your face as the door keeps slamming
Now you’re feeling more and more frustrated
And you’re getting all kind of impatient waiting
We live and we learn to take
One step at a time
There’s no need to rush
It’s like learning to fly
Or falling in love
It’s gonna happen when it’s
Supposed to happen that we
Find the reasons why
One step at a time
When you can’t wait any longer
But there’s no end in sight (when you need to find the strength)
It’s the faith that makes you stronger
The only way you get there
Is one step at a time
Take one step at a time
There’s no need to rush
It’s like learning to fly
Or falling in love
It’s gonna happen when it’s
Supposed to happen that we
Find the reasons why
One step at a time
