Courage doesn’t always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at
the end of the day saying,
“I will try again tomorrow.”
Mary Anne Radmacher
When I embarked upon the journey to change my life to one in
which I deserved, my greatest obstacle was the frustration that I felt when my
old habitual thoughts would make me lazy, apathetic and sometimes powerless to
change them. I would tell myself that
changing my thinking was too hard, because in truth it took a lot of
effort. I would constantly remark to my
closest friends who were also on the journey, how mentally challenging it was
to eradicate old ways of thinking and that it felt like it was a job I had to
commit to twenty four hours a day seven days a week. I gave up many times, sliding back into the
comfort of my behaviours as if it were an old worn but well-loved item of
clothing that really needed to be thrown away.
The impetus that allowed me to try to do battle repeatedly,
was that I had tasted what it felt like (even for a brief moment) to be free in
my thoughts and powerful in my mind to believe that I could accomplish anything
that I set my mind too. I had to learn
to be disciplined and this took daily practice, chipping away bit by bit at old
habits and replacing them with new ones.
I was determined to see life from a different perspective as I was
totally fed up with the view my mind would tell me. I told myself there HAD to be more to life
than this and do you know what, a voice deep inside of me answered and said
there is!!!
Changing your thinking is
a challenge and it requires a commitment of focus and determination. Now I know many people who fall at the first
hurdle say “I’m done. I can’t do this, it’s too hard.” Usually my reply has becomes almost
pragmatic, “you can either choose to do the work and live a life you deserve or
go back to your old way of thinking and keep complaining.” After a while, those complainers do not form
part of my inner circle and I limit my exposure to them, not because I am being
harsh, but because I know the energy I want around me and I know the energy
that I desire to become. I have accepted
my growth and I make way to attract those likeminded, focused and determined
souls that feed and encourage my spirit rather than tear it down.
Just for today, you decide whether you are a complainer or
one who is focused and determined to make your dreams a reality. Anything of value requires sustained effort,
you have to determine whether or not you VALUE YOURSELF enough to sustain the
effort required.
Have an empowering weekend.
Nameste
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